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Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce health disparities linked to high vitamin D deficiency rates in at-risk population groups.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
23 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce health disparities linked to high vitamin D deficiency rates in at-risk population groups.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Government recommendations for vitamin D are promoted on the National Health Service webpage and through the social marketing campaigns Best Start in Life, Better Health, and Healthier Families.The Government’s Healthy Start Scheme was introduced in 2006 ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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