Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £50 million of funding for dentistry announced on 25 January 2022 will be recurrent funding.

This additional funding is non-recurrent. National Health Service dentistry has been operating at restricted capacity during the pandemic, therefore this funding targets those who have been unable to access an appointment. The funding will secure up to 350,000 additional dental appointments for those most in need of urgent dental treatment. Children are being prioritised, in addition to people with learning disabilities, autism and severe mental health problems.