Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 42714

Energy Drinks: Children

Tabled: 31 March 2025

Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Blair McDougall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of energy drinks on children under 16.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

As set out in the King’s Speech, we plan to bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to deliver on our commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16 years old.We are developing plans which consider the ...

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