Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to reintroduce school dental screening.

There are no plans to reintroduce school dental screenings in England. The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend population screening for dental disease in children aged six to nine years old. Further information is available at the following link:

https://view-health-screening-recommendations.service.gov.uk/dental-disease/