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Caffeine: Children

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL381, tabled on 26 July 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timeline for banning the sale of high caffeine energy drinks to children under 16.

Answered on

2 August 2024

As set out in the King’s Speech, we plan to bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to deliver on our commitment to end the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16-year-olds in the first parliamentary session. We are developing plans which will take into account enforcement and other issues, and will set these out in a consultation in due course.