Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce vitamin D deficiency in children in primary and secondary schools in (a) the London borough of Southwark and (b) England.

Advice for children and those at increased risk of having low vitamin D levels, can be found on both GOV.UK and from the National Health Service at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-publishes-new-advice-on-vitamin-d

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/

This advice is aimed at preventing vitamin D deficiency for the general population. Doctors may also investigate a patient’s vitamin or mineral status on an individual basis to correct deficiencies, which is a matter of clinical judgement.