PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Skin Cancer: Sunbeds (28 June 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to research from the University of Manchester entitled Cost-effectiveness of a policy-based intervention to reduce melanoma and other skin cancers associated with indoor tanning, published in February 2022, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a buy-back scheme for commercial sunbeds in England.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

While the Department and the UK Health Security Agency keep the emerging evidence of the health risks of sunbeds under review, no specific assessment has been made.

Answered by:
James Morris (Conservative)
19 July 2022