Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of (a) orthodontic and (b) dental activity were (i) commissioned and (ii) delivered per head of population in each region in each year since 2006.

We do not hold data on the units of dental activity delivered per head of population in each region and each year since 2006. Activity in National Health Service dentistry is measured by the number of Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) commissioned and delivered, and by the number of courses of treatment delivered. Data on the number of UDAs commissioned and delivered is published each month on the NHS Business Services Authority Open Data Portal, which us available at the following link:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity

The data for 2023/24, and for the years prior to 2023/24, is respectively available at the following two links:

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics