Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the white paper A New Vision for Water, on 20 January, what plans they have to expand community water fluoridation to improve oral health outcomes in England.

A New Vision for Water sets out that public health will be considered in new water frameworks and regulations. This will support delivery of shared outcomes, like those in the 10-Year Health Plan, which commits to assessing the further rollout of water fluoridation in areas where oral health outcomes are worst. We will also expand community water fluoridation in the north east of England from 2028 so that it reaches 1.6 million more people by April 2030. We will also refurbish older, existing water fluoridation schemes in England, benefitting a further six million people by 2030.