Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of funding measures to improve access to sunscreen.

The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on reducing the risk of melanoma. This advice is available publicly on the NHS website, via the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-and-sun-safety/

The Department is not taking any additional steps, currently or within the last three years, to specifically fund awareness campaigns to encourage the use of sunscreen to prevent melanoma.