Question follow-through · 82274

Drinking Water: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consult people in South Yorkshire about the potential fluoridation of drinking water.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 15 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 21 Oct 2025
Answer: 22 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consult people in South Yorkshire about the potential fluoridation of drinking water.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The 10-Year Health Plan for England confirmed that we will assess the feasibility of the further rollout of water fluoridation where oral health outcomes are worst.The National Dental Epidemiology Programme (NDEP) for England: oral health survey of 5 year...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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