Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost per student to the public purse in providing (1) a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and (2) foundation training for a dental graduate.
This information is not routinely collected centrally. However, the Department estimates that the total Government outlay is on average around £230,000 for the provision of a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and around £110,000 for the provision of foundation training for a dental graduate.