Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of school days lost as a result of children's dental problems in each of the last five school years.

The Department does not hold data on absence due to children's dental problems. Figures for absence by reason, including authorised absence for illness and medical/dental appointments, are published in “Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016”, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2015-to-2016