questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the grant provided to Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board for NHS dental care remains unspent as of 19 December 2023; and what her Department's policy is on the use of unspent grant money to cover wider budget shortfalls.
answerText: We are investing £3 billion a year into dentistry and are working hard to improve access to care.NHS England’s guidance for Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) requires dental allocations to be ringfenced in the 2023/24 financial year, with any unused resources...
heading: Dental Services: Bedfordshire