Question follow-through · 76559
Artificial Sweeteners: Hospitality Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with the hospitality sector on the promotion non-sugar sweeteners.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with the hospitality sector on the promotion non-sugar sweeteners.
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
Most people are regularly consuming double the recommended amount of free sugars. Diets high in sugar increase the risk of tooth decay and weight gain. Being overweight or living with obesity is associated with a range of negative health impacts such as t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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