Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

Data request in relation to dental PCN charges.

1. Number of dental PCN's issued in past 3 years.
2. Number of PCN's paid in full in the past 3 years.
3. Number of UNPAID PCN's for the past 3 years that have resulted in NHSBA employing debt recovery companies.
4. Number of County Court claims submitted in the past 3 year in respect of unpaid PCN's.
5. Number of successful County Court claims over the past 3 years in relation to PCN non-payments

Your request was received on 24th May and has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   

Response

The data is filtered down to the last 3 full years 2020, 2021, 2022

1. 238,342

2. 74,825 - Cases that still have an active Direct Debit plan will not be included in this total as this is filtered to “Fully Paid”. This number will include cases where the penalty has been eased and the treatment charge has been paid, as technically the full amount owed has been paid.

3. 60,487

4. N/A

5. N/A

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