Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2017 to Question 11556, what plans his Department has to promote the uptake of a daily supplement containing 10mcg of vitamin D during the autumn and winter months.

There are no plans to further promote the use of vitamin D supplements. Advice on taking vitamin D supplements, including both when it might be needed and highlighting the risk of taking too much, is available on the NHS Choices website:

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