Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral answer of 25 November 2025, Official Report Column 201, on NHS Dental Services in Norfolk, when he will issue a direction to the Office for Students.

We intend to set out next steps on the dental workforce soon.

The independent Office for Students (OfS) has statutory responsibility for allocating funding for dental school places. Allocation outcomes are based on guidance issued by the Government, alongside an OfS assessment of provider capability.