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Dentistry: Training

Asked by Juliet CampbellLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 March 2026UIN 116085

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental students have undertaken training in (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England in each of the last 15 years.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

There are currently no dental schools in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, or the East Midlands. Consequently, no dental students have undertaken undergraduate training in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, or the East Midlands. The following table shows the number of entrants to undergraduate dentistry courses in England from 2012 to 2025:

Year of Entry

Entrants

2012

875

2013

875

2014

800

2015

780

2016

800

2017

805

2018

810

2019

810

2020

895

2021

980

2022

815

2023

815

2024

830

2025

815

Source: Office for Students Medical and Dental Students Survey.

Note: data for 2025 is provisional as entrants are based on initial figures and may change.

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