Question follow-through · 90446

Infant Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that industry follows Commercial Food and Drink Voluntary Industry Guidelines on health claims.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 12 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 17 Nov 2025
Answer: 21 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that industry follows Commercial Food and Drink Voluntary Industry Guidelines on health claims.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2025
Answer published
Voluntary guidelines published in August 2025 require commercial baby food and drink businesses for children under 36 months to restrict implied nutrition and health claims on labels. These claims can lead to parents overestimating the healthiness of the ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that an increasing number of hospitals and healthcare settings are equipped to diagnose endometriosis swiftly.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Endometriosis: Health Services

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the provision of endometriosis care in deprived communities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rehabilitation: Physiotherapy

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients who require rehabilitative physiotherapy have access to NHS services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Charities

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health charities are adequately supported in the North West.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Men

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure GPs are equipped to effectively signpost men facing mental health challenges to appropriate services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Endometriosis

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the NHS supports staff with endometriosis.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Functional Neurological Disorder: Physiotherapy

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients who have functional neurological disorder have access to rehabilitative physiotherapy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Regulation

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of introducing statutory regulation for counsellors and psychotherapists on patient safety and public protection.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Regulation

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to review the current regulatory framework for counselling and psychotherapy; and what steps are being taken to help ensure minimum standards of training and accoun

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Regulation

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential harm of unregulated practise for counselling and psychotherapy, and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of voluntary accreditation for counselling a

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Health Services: Allied Health Professions

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether workforce modelling for community healthcare services separately identifies individual allied health professions, including dietitians.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Health Services: Allied Health Professions

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department centrally holds data on workforce capacity for allied health professions supporting prevention and community healthcare services in England by profession.