Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 48302

Sodium Nitrate: Sales

Tabled: 25 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to introduce restrictions on purchasing sodium nitrate in quantities that pose a significant risk to (a) self harm and (b) life.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
We are committed to implementing our suicide prevention strategy for England, which sets out priority areas and key actions to address the risk factors contributing to suicide and self-harm. Tackling methods of suicide and self-harm is one of these priori...

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