What financial support can be given to commercial companies to assist in the setting up and provision of NHS dental services.

The Dentists Act 1984 restricts the business of dentistry to dentists and dental bodies corporate so the question does not arise in relation to commercial companies in general. The position of dental bodies corporate in particular is set out in my answer to S3W-16357 on 30 September 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.