Question follow-through · 23724
Sunburn: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the frequency of sunburn in children and young people under 18.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the frequency of sunburn in children and young people under 18.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on sun protection. This advice is available publicly on the NHS.UK website, which is available at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Family Nurse Partnership Programme
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