Question follow-through · 70632

Infant Foods: Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of sugar in snacks for children under two.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of sugar in snacks for children under two.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life. The Government has published voluntary industry baby food guidelines as part of our comprehensive strategy to gi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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