Question follow-through · 88073
Skin Piercing: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) national guidance and (b) regulations on setting a minimum age for body piercings.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) national guidance and (b) regulations on setting a minimum age for body piercings.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
There are no plans to set a national minimum age for body piercings. The Department has produced model byelaws for cosmetic piercing under the Local Government Act 2003 and Local Government (miscellaneous provisions) Act 1982. The purpose of the model bye...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospices: Finance
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of potential shortfalls in funding for service delivery by hospice providers.