Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to launch a public health campaign on increasing fibre and whole grain consumption.

Public Health England (PHE) has no plans to launch any campaigns specifically on fibre.

However, PHE’s Better Health, Change4Life and Start4Life campaigns encourage fibre consumption through advice to eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables each day and to choose wholegrain foods where possible. This information is available on the NHS weight loss plan app and the Better Health Website, and can be found at the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/

It is also available on the Change4Life website at the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/change4life, and the Start4Life website at the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/start4life. These websites which provide healthy recipes and ideas for swaps.