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Dental Services: Finance

Asked by Jerome MayhewConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 78511

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the dentistry budget.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Department’s settlement announced at Spending Review (SR) 2025 means that annual National Health Service day-to-day spending will increase by £29 billion in real terms (£53 billion cash increase) by 2028-29 compared to 2023-24. This will take the NHS resource budget to £226 billion by 2028-29, equivalent to a 3.0% average annual real terms growth rate over the SR period.

The detail of SR budget allocations within departments is still being determined and we are working to provide the detail and certainty needed on future funding and spending plans.

This includes preparing for the first medium-term planning round for the NHS in more than half a decade, which will give local leaders the certainty they need to deliver.

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