Written questions

Obesity: Children

Commons · Question 109948 · Tabled 30 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of banning the advertisement of unhealthy foods on TV before 9pm on levels of childhood obesity over.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Mar 2026

Our 10-Year Health Plan for England set out the decisive action we are taking on the obesity crisis, to ease the strain on our National Health Service and create the healthiest generation of children ever. As part of this, we have already implemented Unit...