Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help support integrated care boards determine how many people are unable to access an NHS dentist; and if he will make an assessment of how many people are unable to afford private treatment by integrated care board areas in England.

The GP Patient Survey includes questions on whether patients have tried to obtain an appointment with a National Health Service dentist, and, if so, whether they had been successful. Where appropriate, the GP Patient Survey also captures the reasons why patients have not tried to obtain an appointment in the previous two years.