Dental Services

Please provide information for each year since 2020, including 2024/25 (or the most recent year available), for your local education authority:

1. The total amount spent on dental services for pupils

Public Health Grant spend to commission the Oral Health improvement Service:

Financial Year £
2019/20 80,915.04
2020/21 80,000
2021/22 80,000
2022/23 80,000
2023/24 80,000
2024/25 80,000

Children’s Social Care spend on private dentist fees because of a lack of NHS dentists:

Financial Year £
2019/20 177
2020/21 1,167
2021/22 2,779
2022/23 9,101
2023/24 20,547
2024/25 23,364

Total local authority spend:

Financial Year £
2019/20 81,092.04
2020/21 81,167
2021/22 82,779
2022/23 89,101
2023/24 100,547
2024/25 103,364

2. The total amount spent on dental products (including, but not limited to, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, dental kits, or other oral hygiene supplies)

£0

3. The recorded reason for this expenditure (for example, public health initiatives, emergency provision, targeted programmes, etc.), where available

Not applicable.