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Food: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the consumption of junk food by children.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
14 Jan 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the consumption of junk food by children.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan for England, we are taking decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever. As part of this, the Government has announced...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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