Health and Safety: Sunscreens
Commons · Question 81735 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will mandate the Health and Safety Executive to issue updated guidance on outdoor working and sun exposure to include the use of high factor sunscreen.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 20 Oct 2025
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) currently provides guidance for outdoor workers and sun exposure on both its main website pages and as a short leaflet entitled Keep your top on - Health risks from working in the sun (INDG147), both of which recommen...