| Heading: |
Water Supply: Fluoride |
| Question ID: |
1819688 |
| UIN: |
65068 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5270 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Darren Paffey
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| Asking Member handle: |
darrenpaffey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpaffey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
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 ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |