Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals were seen by an NHS dentist in the (a) Middlesbrough and (b) Stockton-on-Tees local authority area in each year since 2010.

The following table shows the number of unique adult patients seen by a National Health Service dentist in the Middlesborough and Stockton-on-Tees local authority areas, in the 24 months to June, each year from 2013 to 2024:

Source: figures prior to 2019 were published by NHS Digital, and are available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics

Note: the figures from the two different data sources are not directly comparable, and caution should be taken when comparing pre and post 2019 figures.

The following table shows the number of unique child patients seen by an NHS dentist in the Middlesborough and Stockton-on-Tees local authority areas, in the 12 months to June, each year from 2013 to 2024:

Source: figures prior to 2019 were published by NHS Digital, and are available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics

Note: the figures from the two different data sources are not directly comparable, and caution should be taken when comparing pre and post 2019 figures.

In addition, the attached tables show the number of courses of treatment delivered by an NHS dentist in the Middlesborough and Stockton-on-Tees local authorities, respectively, broken down by band, from 2013/14 to 2023/24.

We do not hold local authority level data for the number of adults and children seen prior to 2013, or for the courses of treatment prior to 2013/14. The most recent data has been published by NHS Business Services Authority, and is available at the following link:

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