United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4948
Melatonin
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29 May 2026
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory classification of melatonin in the UK compared with other countries.
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29 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory classification of melatonin in the UK compared with other countries.
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8 June 2026
Answer
The Department has not undertaken a formal assessment comparing the United Kingdom’s prescription-only classification of melatonin with its status in other countries. In the UK, melatonin is regulated as a prescription only medicine. Decisions on how medi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4948
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1909993
- uk · wq-1909993 · source updated 8 June 2026