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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 9 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Monday, 15 July 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Tooth Whitening: Convictions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for illegally administering teeth whitening processes in the past three years.

Answer

The number of people convicted for offences under s41 of the Dentistry Act 1984 (“Unregistered person carrying on the business of dentistry”) over the last 3 years was 2; 1 in each of 2016 and 2017. It is not possible to identify whether these offences were specific to teeth whitening in centrally held data on court proceedings.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
275129
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Convictions Tooth whitening
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk