Question follow-through · 57918

Sunscreens: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to raise awareness in young children about the health benefits of wearing suncream.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 5 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 8 Jul 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to raise awareness in young children about the health benefits of wearing suncream.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on sun protection. This advice is available publicly at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-and-sun-safety/It includes guidance on...

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