Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the budget for Community Dental Services in England was, net of patient charges, in each year since 2010/11.

Community Dental Services (CDS) provide specialised dental services to people with additional needs and are available in a variety of places to ensure everyone can have access to dental care.

In 2024/25, we invested £3.7 billion in primary and community dental services across England. There is no national budget specifically for CDS in England. Instead, overall dental funding allocated to integrated care boards (ICBs) is ringfenced, covering spend on primary, community, and secondary care commissioning. ICBs make their own decisions about the relative prioritisation within this ringfence, in order to best meet the needs of their population.