Fluoridation (Hansard, 25 July 2000)

§ Mr. Baker
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 7 July 2000,Official Report, columns 334–35W, regarding fluoridation, what bodies other than the National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York were invited to apply for the commission to report into the safety and efficacy of fluoride in drinking water. [131360]

§ Ms Stuart
[holding answer 20 July 2000]: No other bodies were invited to tender for the systematic review on fluoridation. The National Health Service Centre for

Section 64 General Scheme applications submitted and approved in the last five years

Financial year (1) Number of new applications received (2) Number of new applications approved (3) Value of new grants approved(£) (4) Value of continuing grants approved from previous years (£) (5) Annual total value of approved grants (£) (6)

1996–97 629 ¹ Figure not available ¹ Figure not available ¹ Figure not available 21,000,000

1997–98 627 268 9,034,144 12,405,068 21,439,212

1998–99 784 280 10,065,828 10,545,871 20,611,699

1999–2000 717 284 11,834,839 10,536,731 22,371,570

2000–01 671 216 8,388,848 14,204,905 22,593,753

¹ A new database was set up in 1996. Figures for columns (3)+(5) for that year are not available because the database was still being tested.

The amounts approved were not necessarily the amounts paid as some grants, especially project grants,
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Reviews and Dissemination was itself established by competitive tender to provide the Department with an expert facility for systematic research reviews.

§ Mr. Baker
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 7 July 2000,Official Report, column 335W, regarding fluoridation, what conditions apply to the moneys given by his Department to the British Fluoridation Society. [131331]

§ Yvette Cooper
[holding answer 20 July 2000]: Since 1975 successive Governments have funded the British Fluoridation Society to help promote and implement their policies on oral health by providing evidence based advice to all interested parties. The Society is required to maintain accounts which show the use to which funds have been put for inspection by the Department's auditors.

Section 64 General Scheme applications submitted and approved in the last five years
Financial year (1)	Number of new applications received (2)	Number of new applications approved (3)	Value of new grants approved(£) (4)	Value of continuing grants approved from previous years (£) (5)	Annual total value of approved grants (£) (6)
1996–97	629	¹ Figure not available	¹ Figure not available	¹ Figure not available	21,000,000
1997–98	627	268	9,034,144	12,405,068	21,439,212
1998–99	784	280	10,065,828	10,545,871	20,611,699
1999–2000	717	284	11,834,839	10,536,731	22,371,570
2000–01	671	216	8,388,848	14,204,905	22,593,753
¹ A new database was set up in 1996. Figures for columns (3)+(5) for that year are not available because the database was still being tested.