Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 907235
Food: Advertising
Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Bambos Charalambous
Labour — Southgate and Wood Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the junk food advertising ban on trends in the level of obesity.
Answer
Ashley DaltonOur manifesto commitment to restrict junk food TV advertising before 9pm, and online at all times, was a moral imperative. This measure is expected to remove around 7.2 billion calories from children’s diets each year and prevent 20,000 cases of childhood...
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