Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of dental training places at UK universities and medical colleges for each year since 2015.

The following table shows information from the Office for Students (OfS) on the number of entrants and target intakes for dental training courses in each year since 2015/16.

Source: OfS Medical and Dental Students Survey (2015-2021)

Note:

*figures are aggregated totals from OfS and may not match provider subtotals. 2021 entrants are based on initial figures and are likely to change.