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969288

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2018 to Questions 169508 and 169507, what steps he took to consult young people on his plans to make it illegal to sell energy drinks to children under 16 or under 18 before launching the consultation on those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department did not engage with young people on ending the sale of energy drinks to children prior to the launch of the consultation on those proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is open to everybody including children, young people, school councils, youth councils and other youth groups. We welcome and will consider all responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on ending the sale of energy drinks to children, which is open until 21 November, is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ending-the-sale-of-energy-drinks-to-children" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ending-the-sale-of-energy-drinks-to-children</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171531 question first answered 13/09/2018 13:22:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

968374

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of banning the sale of energy drinks to children.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	170921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Our assessment of the merits of ending the sale of energy drinks to children is available in the impact assessment published on 30 August as part of the consultation on this proposed measure.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation and impact assessment are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ending-the-sale-of-energy-drinks-to-children" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ending-the-sale-of-energy-drinks-to-children</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/09/2018 13:24:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845535

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of energy drinks to children similar to those recently brought forward by the Lithuanian Government in that country.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	128507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for West Lancashire on 15 January 2018 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=121787" target="_blank">121787 </a>and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=121788" target="_blank">121788</a>.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/02/2018 12:16:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

824509

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assess the potential merits of introducing a ban on energy drinks for people under 16 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	123310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for West Lancashire on 15 January 2018 to Questions <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=121787" target="_blank">121787</a> and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=121788" target="_blank">121788</a>.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/01/2018 13:53:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

819110

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he makes of the health effects of energy drink products on children aged 16 and under.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	121787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Energy drinks can be high in caffeine and sugar. Based on the current evidence on the safety of caffeine, the Food Standard Agency advises that children, or other people sensitive to caffeine, should consume caffeine only in moderation.</p><p> </p><p>In its review of the evidence on “Carbohydrates and Health” (2015), the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) concluded that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, as compared with non-calorically sweetened beverages, results in greater weight gain and increases in body mass index. Consuming too many sugary drinks can also cause tooth decay. In light of these findings, SACN recommended that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (for example, sugary fizzy drinks, soft drinks and squash) should be minimised by both children and adults.</p><p> </p><p>Key measures in our world-leading childhood obesity plan, launched in August 2016, include the soft drinks industry levy and sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, which will encourage the food and drink industry to reduce the amount of sugar in products popular with children, including energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the situation and any new emerging scientific evidence on the consumption of energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>“Carbohydrates and Health” is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 121788 question first answered 15/01/2018 11:56:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

819111

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to restrict the sale of energy drink products to children under 16.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	121788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Energy drinks can be high in caffeine and sugar. Based on the current evidence on the safety of caffeine, the Food Standard Agency advises that children, or other people sensitive to caffeine, should consume caffeine only in moderation.</p><p> </p><p>In its review of the evidence on “Carbohydrates and Health” (2015), the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) concluded that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, as compared with non-calorically sweetened beverages, results in greater weight gain and increases in body mass index. Consuming too many sugary drinks can also cause tooth decay. In light of these findings, SACN recommended that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (for example, sugary fizzy drinks, soft drinks and squash) should be minimised by both children and adults.</p><p> </p><p>Key measures in our world-leading childhood obesity plan, launched in August 2016, include the soft drinks industry levy and sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, which will encourage the food and drink industry to reduce the amount of sugar in products popular with children, including energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the situation and any new emerging scientific evidence on the consumption of energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>“Carbohydrates and Health” is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 121787 question first answered 15/01/2018 11:56:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper