§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost per head per annum of the National Health Dental Service; and what would be the estimated cost per head per annum of fluoridation of the national water supply to the level of 0.9 parts per million.
§ Sir K. JosephInformation in the form requested in the first part of the Question is not available; but the cost of the general dental services per head of population in England and Wales for the year ended 31st December, 1970, is estimated to have been a little under £2. The average annual cost of fluoridation is estimated at about 5p per head.