§ Mr. IllsleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when she expects to recover the average overpayment from each general dental practitioner;
(2) what proposals she has to require general dental practitioners to repay the average overpayment to the Government.
§ Mr. MaloneThe Green Paper, "Improving NHS Dentistry", states that the issue of past overpayments to dentists is one that needs to be addressed. The Government have been reviewing the issue as part of their consideration of the way forward following the Green Paper.