United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 114826
Energy Drinks: Children
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23 February 2026
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23 March 2026 · Answer
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Energy
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23 March 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the sale of high sugar and high caffeine energy drinks to children aged 16 and under before the next King's Speech.
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23 February 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the sale of high sugar and high caffeine energy drinks to children aged 16 and under before the next King's Speech.
Source: Commons
23 March 2026
Answer
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 years old, which is subject to a consultation. We subsequently ran a 12-week consultation, which was open from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025.We are carefully cons...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-23/114826
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1883905
- uk · wq-1883905 · source updated 23 March 2026