Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of units of dental activity under NHS dental contracts were handed back to NHS England in Cornwall in financial year 2021-22.

During 2021/22 there were two contract hand backs of 300 Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) and 800 UDAs. In 2021/22, 940,152 UDAs were commissioned, therefore 0.12% of contracted activity (1,100 UDAs) was handed back.

During 2021/22 there was also a contract reduction of 11,000 UDAs. Taking all of these reductions into account, there was a recurrent reduction of 12,100 UDAs. This represents a reduction of 1.29% of total commissioned activity.