Dental Services: Prescriptions
(asked on 3rd September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2018 to Question 160713, if he will publish that same information for dental prescriptions wrongly claimed as free.
The following table shows numbers of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued each year since then for individuals who have claimed exemption from dental treatment charges, but that exemption could not be verified. It also shows the funds recovered from this activity.
PCN issued year | PCNs Issued | Value Recovered |
2014 | 73,103 | £3,459,178.70 |
2015 | 191,091 | £9,021,841.80 |
2016 | 324,373 | £15,500,230.70 |
2017 | 429,623 | £16,885,447.67 |
2018 | 243,590 | £8,023,643.66 |
Notes:
- Date range covered September 2014 – July 2018.
- Value recovered can change overtime.