Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will consider the potential merits of requesting a formal review of domiciliary dental provision across Greater Manchester, including an assessment of (a) population requirem
Answer
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 8 July in response to Question 15669 , which sets out our approach to domiciliary dental provision across the country, including in Greater Manchester.
Verdict: RED (18/100)
The reply mostly points the Member back to an earlier answer on domiciliary dental provision in Greater Manchester. It does not say whether the Department will consider requesting a formal review, so that part is only partly addressed and hedged. It does not engage with population requirements at all, and the questioner would likely need to ask again for a clear position.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will the Department consider the merits of requesting a formal review of domiciliary dental provision across Greater Manchester? | Partially Addressed | Hedged | The reply refers the Member to an earlier answer on domiciliary dental provision that it says covers Greater Manchester, but it never says whether the Department will consider requesting a formal review. The pointer is to existing policy rather than a commitment or a reasoned position on the review itself. |
| Whether any such review would include an assessment of population requirements for domiciliary dental provision across Greater Manchester (item (a) of the question, which is truncated in the text provided). | Not Addressed | Generic | Nothing in the reply mentions population requirements or whether a review would assess them; the only link is a general reference to an earlier answer, whose content is not shown here, so the item is not engaged with in this reply. |