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, what steps his Department is taking to reduce sunbed use by young people.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

The Department and the UK Health Security Agency keep the emerging evidence of the health risks of sunbeds under review. The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 banned the use of sunbeds in those aged under 18 years old.

Answered by:
James Morris (Conservative)
19 July 2022