Energy Drinks: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the sale of high sugar and high caffeine energy drinks to children aged 16 and under before the next King's Speech.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 years old, which is subject to a consultation. We subsequently ran a 12-week consultation, which was open from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025.
We are carefully considering the responses to the consultation. We will set out further information on next steps in due course when we publish the Government’s response to the consultation.
Should legislation be proposed following the consultation outcome the final timing for introducing legislation would depend on ministerial decisions following the consultation, impact assessment requirements, and the necessary parliamentary scrutiny.
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