Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental consultations were carried out by NHS dentists in each month in 2020.

Data is not held in the format requested.

Data is collected and published on the number of National Health Service courses of treatment delivered. This data is published every six months broken down by quarter. The latest data available is for the period ending 30 September 2019 and is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2019-20-biannual-report