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Energy Drinks: Children

Asked by Blair McDougallLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 April 2025UIN 42715

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the regulations on the sale of energy drinks to children under the age of 16.

Answered by 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 potential impact of high-caffeine energy drinks on children, and will set these out in a consultation in due course.

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