Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of exempting small shops under 280sqm from the siting restrictions set out in the Tackling Obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives strategy.

A full public consultation and impact assessment has been carried out for the proposal to restrict the promotion of foods high in fat, salt and sugar in stores. This includes an assessment of the impact on small businesses. The Government’s response to the consultation and the impact assessment will be published shortly.

The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Food and Rural Affairs recently met with representatives from the food and drink industry to discuss measures set out in “Tackling Obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives”.