Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage that the food and beverage manufacturing sector to reduce sugar content in the food and drink they produce.

Calorie reduction, including sugar reduction, will be part of the Government’s work on obesity. We have asked for expert advice about the amount of sugar we should be eating and this will be taken into account as we continue to work on our childhood obesity strategy.