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 adequacy of dental provision in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

Dental Statistics - England 2023-24, published by NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324

The data for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, which includes the Runcorn and Helsby constituency, shows that 46% of adults were seen by a National Health Service dentist in the previous 24 months, compared to 40% in England; and 62% of children were seen by an NHS dentist in the previous 12 months, compared to 56% in England.