PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(25 February 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental students have undertaken training in (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England in each of the last 15 years.

Asked by:
Juliet Campbell (Labour)

There are currently no dental schools in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, or the East Midlands. Consequently, no dental students have undertaken undergraduate training in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, or the East Midlands. The following table shows the number of entrants to undergraduate dentistry courses in England from 2012 to 2025:

Year of Entry	Entrants
2012	875
2013	875
2014	800
2015	780
2016	800
2017	805
2018	810
2019	810
2020	895
2021	980
2022	815
2023	815
2024	830
2025	815

Source: Office for Students Medical and Dental Students Survey.

Note: data for 2025 is provisional as entrants are based on initial figures and may change.

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