Energy Drinks: Children
Commons · Question 123154 · Tabled 24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) how gyms with existing over 18 membership policies could enforce restrictions on sales via vending machines where a parent purchases a high-caffeine e
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 15 Apr 2026
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:- the minimum a...