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Dental Services: Finance

Commons · Question 70171 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by John Whitby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS dentistry receives adequate investment from new NHS funds allocated to the Department through the Spending Review.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 1 Sep 2025

The Department settlement announced at the 2025 Spending Review means that annual National Health Service day-to-day spending will increase by £29 billion in real terms, a £53 billion cash increase, by 2028/29 compared to 2023/24. This will take the NHS r...