Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 81735

Health and Safety: Sunscreens

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will mandate the Health and Safety Executive to issue updated guidance on outdoor working and sun exposure to include the use of high factor sunscreen.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) currently provides guidance for outdoor workers and sun exposure on both its main website pages and as a short leaflet entitled Keep your top on - Health risks from working in the sun (INDG147), both of which recommen...

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