Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67568

Obesity: Drugs

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulation of private online providers offering weight loss medications.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has currently made no assessment of the adequacy of the regulation of private online providers offering weight loss medications.