Food
(asked on 1st February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) Special Advisers and (c) senior officials in his Department have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink Federation, (ii) Coca-Cola, (iii) PepsiCo and (iv) the British Soft Drinks Association in each of the last 18 months; and what the subject was of each such meeting.
Details of all Ministerial and Special Adviser meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the GOV.UK website.
Information for 2014 is available at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2014
The latest publications up to September 2015 are available at:
Information for October to December 2015 will be published at the end of March.
Departmental officials have ongoing discussions with representatives from companies producing food and drink. Discussions have included actions and commitments being made by industry to improve the nation’s diet, successes achieved and challenges to make further substantial progress.