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Fluoride: Drinking Water

Asked by James NaishLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6722

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding existing water fluoridation arrangements in Nottinghamshire to cover the whole of (a) Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

No such assessment has been made. Public consultation is required on proposals for new, or the expansion of existing, community water fluoridation schemes. The Water Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022 set out the requirements, and is available at the following link:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1163/contents/made

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