Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Monday, 24 March 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 April 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 April 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Water Supply: Fluoride
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to water companies of adding fluoride to the water supply.
- Answer
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My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is responsible for reimbursing water undertakers for the reasonable costs associated with water fluoridation schemes. In the financial year 2023/24, these costs were £4,109,521 in revenue and £348,351 in capital for the estimated six million people in England covered by such schemes.
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- HL6061
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Costs Fluoride Water supply
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- Yes
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