Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.8 of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, how many new dentistry training places will be allocated to Portsmouth Dental School by 2031-32.

At this stage, as the University of Portsmouth is not a dental school, no plans have been made to allocate new dentistry training places.

Before a university, such as the University of Portsmouth, can apply to receive Government funded dental school places, it needs to have met the requirements of the General Dental Council. If established as a dental school, Portsmouth Dental School would be eligible to be considered for Government-funded training places, subject to meeting the requirements of the Office for Students, who have statutory responsibility for allocating funding for medical and dental school places.