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Energy Drinks: Children and Young People

Commons · Question 124480 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the the Scottish Government’s report entitled Energy drinks: evidence brief, published on 30 May 2023.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 22 Apr 2026

The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. This has been subject to a consultation which we ran for 12-weeks from 3 September to 26 November 2025.In the consultation, we proposed using po...