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Fluoride: Drinking Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on safe levels of fluoride in drinking water.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on safe levels of fluoride in drinking water.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral found in water and some foods. The amount of naturally occurring fluoride in water varies across the United Kingdom due to geological differences. Drinking water regulations contain a standard for fluoride which i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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