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Dentistry: Training

Commons · Question 52988 · Tabled 16 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides incentives for universities to (a) expand and (b) introduce dental training programmes.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 2 Jun 2025

The department works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) to help ensure the NHS has the dentistry workforce that it needs, including funding for dental schools and the training of dental students.The government needs to ensure th...