Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the dairy sector is consulted ahead of future revisions of the Eatwell Guide.

Government policy on nutrition is based on advice from expert groups, including the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, and keeps its advice under review.

The approach considered the most objective and robust by an external reference group to inform the sizes of the Eatwell Guide food group segments, including the dairy and alternatives, ensured all government dietary recommendations were met.

Public Health England has no plans to revise the Eatwell Guide, but if it were to review the model in light of changes to dietary recommendations, then it would engage with all relevant stakeholders, including the dairy sector.