Chris Chope Seeks Clarity on Impact Assessment of Chief Dental Officer's Decision

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Chris Chope Seeks Clarity on Impact Assessment of Chief Dental Officer's Decision

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook a regulatory impact assessment of the decision by the Chief Dental Officer on 25 March 2020 to restrict NHS face-to-face dental care until 8 June 2020; and if he will make a statement.

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Maria Caulfield The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

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