Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current dental academic workforce to support existing and planned dental student numbers.

Regarding Question 31161, I refer the Hon. Member to the announcement made on this issue by the Department on 18 March, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-dentists-coming-as-government-boosts-number-who-can-practise

In regard to Question 32364, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 October in response to Question 31840.

No assessment has been made of the potential impact of administrative support reductions on the workload of dental academics or the adequacy of the current dental academic workforce to support existing and planned dental student numbers.