Request

Please may you give me the statistics on how many patients were exempt from dental charges per year. starting from 2018. I have been able to find the number of claims of exempt patients but not the actual number of patients that have had exemptions.

Date range: 01/01/2018 – 02/09/2023

Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.

We do not know who would hold this information requested. There are so many different types of exemptions and we do not hold information on these.

Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-[reference-01403