Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106242

Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases

Tabled: 15 January 2026
Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce health disparities linked to high vitamin D deficiency rates in at-risk population groups.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Government recommendations for vitamin D are promoted on the National Health Service webpage and through the social marketing campaigns Best Start in Life, Better Health, and Healthier Families.The Government’s Healthy Start Scheme was introduced in 2006 ...

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