Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16290

Food: Nutrition

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to use the Healthy Food Standard to help ensure that supermarkets provide a range of affordable, healthy products in smaller convenience stores.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Healthier food targets and reporting is intended to improve the healthiness of food sales. We will consult soon on the design of the measures, a key aspect of which is to allow businesses flexibility to improve the healthiness of their sales in ways that ...

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