Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the research report Are fluoride levels in drinking water associated with hypothyroidism prevalence in England, published by the University of Kent's Centre for Health Services in February 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Public Health England monitors emerging evidence in relation to water fluoridation, and has reviewed this paper with the conclusion that the methodology used is not strong enough to support any change in practice or policy.