Vitamin D: Dietary Supplements
Commons · Question 116006 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 30 Mar 2026
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...