Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116006

Vitamin D: Dietary Supplements

Tabled: 25 February 2026

Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has assessment the potential merits of workplace-based vitamin D supplementation programmes as a mechanism to reach populations at higher risk of deficiency.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently conducting a rapid review of whether current vitamin D recommendations for vitamin D intake and status are adequate for people with higher melanin concentrations. The vitamin D working gro...

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