Question follow-through · 11397
Energy Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the proposals to ban the sale of energy drinks to under-16s.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the proposals to ban the sale of energy drinks to under-16s.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department of Health and Social Care regularly engages with other Government departments, including the Department for Business and Trade, on a range of policies. This includes policy on high-caffeine energy drinks and proposals relating to their sale...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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