Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the importance of the data provided by the Adult Dental Health Survey to planning and commissioning oral health services; and if he will make a statement.
The Adult Dental Health Survey provides information on overall adult oral health status, oral health inequalities, oral health related quality of life and oral health behaviours in England which is available to both local authorities and National Health Servcie dental service commissioners.
No decisions have been taken yet on the funding or timing of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.