United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 106986
Dental Services
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20 January 2026
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26 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists per capita are there in England; and how many there were in January 2021.
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20 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists per capita are there in England; and how many there were in January 2021.
Source: Commons
26 January 2026
Answer
In 2024/25, there were 41.9 dentists per 100,000 people in England who performed some National Health Service work. This equates to 0.00042 dentists per person, or per capita. For January 2021, there were 42.1 dentists per 100,000 people who performed som...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-20/106986
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1873412
- uk · wq-1873412 · source updated 26 January 2026