Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 9 October 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. It was answered by James Frith (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Dentistry: Migrant Workers
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new dentists joining the GDC register in each of the last 10 years had trained overseas.
- Answer
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Regarding Question 31161, I refer the Hon. Member to the announcement made on this issue by the Department on 18 March, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-dentists-coming-as-government-boosts-number-who-can-practise
In regard to Question 32364, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 October in response to Question 31840.
No assessment has been made of the potential impact of administrative support reductions on the workload of dental academics or the adequacy of the current dental academic workforce to support existing and planned dental student numbers.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 32364
- Session
- 2026-27
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Dentistry Migrant workers Registration
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2026-10-20 12:43:17 +0100
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