Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 110575

Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases

Tabled: 3 February 2026

Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition to review whether current vitamin D supplementation recommendations (a) adequately serve all population groups and (b) take adequate ac

Answer

Ashley Dalton

In 2016, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published a robust assessment of the evidence on vitamin D and a wide range of health outcomes resulting in the current advice for everyone to take a 10 microgram, or 400 international units, ...

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