| Heading: |
Water Supply: Fluoride |
| Question ID: |
1787472 |
| UIN: |
HL6061 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
384 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to water companies of adding fluoride to the water supply. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
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 revenu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |