Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88073
Skin Piercing: Age
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
Alex Ballinger
Labour — Halesowen
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.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThere 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...
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