Dental Services

Mr. Lansley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of the difference between the (a) originally anticipated level and (b) actual level of patient charge income under new general dental services contracts and personal dental services agreements.

Ms Rosie Winterton
It is for primary care trusts to monitor and manage patient charge revenue locally in the context of managing their overall net financial commitments. The Department is not in a position to make a reliable estimate of patient charge revenue at national level ahead of receiving final outturn data for the full financial year. The Information Centre for Health and Social Care will be publishing information on income from dental patient charges in due course.