Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Health and Social Care Select Committee report entitled NHS Dentistry, published on 14 July 2023.

The Department is carefully considering the recommendations of the Health and Social Care Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2022–23 on NHS dentistry, published on 14 July 2023. The Government’s response will be submitted in due course.