Question follow-through · 65068
Water Supply: Fluoride
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the potential merits of adding fluoride to drinking water and (b) the potential impact of this on oral health for children.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the potential merits of adding fluoride to drinking water and (b) the potential impact of this on oral health for children.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
Water fluoridation is an evidence based, effective public health intervention for improving the oral health of children and adults. The 2022 Health Monitoring Report showed that five-year-olds were less likely to experience dental caries, and less likely ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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