Fluoride: Drinking Water:Written question - HL5195

Q

Asked by Lord Bradley

Asked on: 19 January 2016

Department of Health

Fluoride: Drinking Water

HL5195

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce fluoride into the water of the North West of England.

A

Answered by: Lord Prior of Brampton

Answered on: 01 February 2016

There are currently water fluoridation schemes in the North West of England serving parts of Cumbria and Cheshire.

It has been the policy of successive governments that decisions on water fluoridation are best taken locally. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 gave powers to upper tier and unitary local authorities to make proposals in relation to fluoridation.