Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the volume price promotion restrictions in the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 on food price inflation for households.

A final impact assessment was published on 1 October 2025 in relation to these restrictions and is available online at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restricting-volume-price-promotions-of-hfss-products

The published equality impact assessment is also available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restricting-promotions-of-food-and-drink-that-is-high-in-fat-sugar-and-salt/outcome/restricting-promotions-of-products-high-in-fat-sugar-and-salt-by-location-and-by-price-equality-assessment