Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Friday, 9 December 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 December 2016. It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Friday, 16 December 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Food: Sugar

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2016 to Question 55157, how his Department plans to ensure that progress will be regularly and transparently monitored on the food industry's reduction of sugar in its products; who will be responsible for conducting such monitoring; and how and at what frequency the public will be made aware of the outcome of such monitoring.

Answer: Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for the structured, transparent monitoring of the sugar reduction programme. Interim reports will be published every six months and a more comprehensive audit of progress will be provided at 18 and 36 months after publication of the targets in March 2017. Information will be made available on the GOV.UK website so that external bodies and members of the public can view and scrutinise the data.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 56919
Session: 2016-17
Related items: Food: Sugar
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Industry Food Monitoring Sugar
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk