Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average processing time was for a performer number to be provided to a dentist in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available.

NHS England is responsible for the National Dental Performers list and currently does not hold information centrally on how many applications have been received from individuals wishing to join the National Dental Performers list. Information on the length of time to process applications is therefore currently not available.