Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of (a) mobile and (b) home-based practitioners providing non-surgical cosmetic treatments.

The Government is committed to improving the safety of cosmetic procedures and the Department is exploring the regulation of premises, practitioners, products and consumer safeguards. The Government expects providers of cosmetic procedures to operate responsibly and hold the requisite knowledge and skills to safely deliver the treatments they offer. Where applicable, practitioners should also consider any guidance issued by the healthcare regulators or a relevant professional body.