Where fluoride is added to water

Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for fluoride to be added to England's water supplies as a key means of tackling tooth decay.

In some parts of England, fluoride is already added to drinking water. Below is a full list of those areas.

ENGLISH AREAS WITH FLUORIDATION

Strategic Health Authority/ Primary Care Trust	% of population with fluoridated water supply
EAST OF ENGLAND SHA
Bedford PCT	100
WEST MIDLANDS SHA
Redditch & Bromsgrove PCT	91
North Warwickshire PCT	100
South Warwickshire PCT	68
Rugby PCT	100
South Worcestershire PCT	32
Coventry PCT	85
Castle & Beacon PCT	100
Dudley South PCT	61
South Birmingham PCT	100
Solihull PCT	100
Wednesbury & West Bromwich PCT	100
North Birmingham PCT	100
Rowley Regis & Tipton PCT	100
Wolverhampton City PCT	100
Walsall Area PCT	100
Oldbury & Smethwick PCT	100
East Birmingham PCT	100
Heart of Birmingham PCT	100
Cannock Chase PCT	100
East Staffordshire PCT	100
South West Staffordshire PCT	53
Burntwood, Lichfield & Tamworth PCT	100
EAST MIDLANDS SHA
West Lincolnshire PCT	100
Bassetlaw PCT	100
Ashfield PCT	100
Mansfield PCT	100
YORKSHIRE & HUMBER SHA
North Lincolnshire PCT	75
NORTH EAST SHA
North Tyneside PCT	50 fluoridated, 50 variable/low
Gateshead PCT	Virtually 100
Newcastle PCT	100
Hartlepool PCT	100
NORTH WEST SHA
Central Cheshire PCT	52
West Cumbria PCT	100
Source: Dept of Health