Question follow-through · 22583

Energy Drinks: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether retailers will be expected to operate a Challenge 25 policy for the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 28 Aug 2026
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2026
Answer: 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether retailers will be expected to operate a Challenge 25 policy for the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the documentation published at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-the-sale-of-high-caffeine-energy-drinks-to-children

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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