Question follow-through · 109948

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of banning the advertisement of unhealthy foods on TV before 9pm on levels of childhood obesity over.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Jan 2026
Target answer date
3 Feb 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 45 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of banning the advertisement of unhealthy foods on TV before 9pm on levels of childhood obesity over.

  2. 3 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Our 10-Year Health Plan for England set out the decisive action we are taking on the obesity crisis, to ease the strain on our National Health Service and create the healthiest generation of children ever. As part of this, we have already implemented Unit...

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