Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Please can I repeat the FOI request I made in June 2022, but this time also including information since then (i.e. since April 2022).

Your request was received on 28 April 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

Guidance Notes

This report contains the details for the reporting year 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 (202204-202304). The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Excludes activity by Foundation Dentists.

Country Name: The country name where the contract is located, based on the contract postcode.

Contract Number: This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract.

Performer Number: The performer’s personal number.

Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to - to be used for year end reporting using the 'Contract Services Combined Fact' table.

Year Month: Used throughout the system to identify the specific year and month that the data relates to, i.e. for forms, it would be the month that the activity was scheduled. This is in the format 'YYYYMM' e.g. 201804 for April 2018.

UDA Delivered: The units of dental activity scheduled for the time period selected relating to the financial year, where they were carried out by any performer.

Number of Contracts: The number of Contracts as recorded on CoMPASS.

Number of Performers: The number of Dentists as recorded on CoMPASS.

Average number of UDA : UDA delivered/Number of Contracts or Performers This report contains the details for the reporting year 202122-202223 (202104-202304). The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Excludes activity by Foundation Dentists.

Country Name: The country name where the contract is located, based on the contract postcode.

Contract Number: This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract.

Performer Number: The performer’s personal number.

Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to - to be used for year end reporting using the 'Contract Services Combined Fact' table.

Year Month: Used throughout the system to identify the specific year and month that the data relates to, i.e. for forms, it would be the month that the activity was scheduled. This is in the format 'YYYYMM' e.g. 201804 for April 2018.

UDA Delivered: The units of dental activity scheduled for the time period selected relating to the financial year, where they were carried out by any performer.

Number of Contracts: The number of Contracts as recorded on CoMPASS.

Number of Performers: The number of Dentists as recorded on CoMPASS.

Average number of UDA: UDA delivered/Number of Contracts or Performers

UDA Grouping: UDA delivered by Group.

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