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Sunscreens

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of funding measures to improve access to sunscreen.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 14 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2024
Answer: 21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of funding measures to improve access to sunscreen.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on reducing the risk of melanoma. This advice is available publicly on the NHS website, via the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-an...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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