Written question asked by David S Borrow (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 May 2002. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 May 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the Department of Health plays in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's review of the evidence on salt; in what form the SACN will publish the results of their consideration of evidence on salt in the diets of adults and children; and whether consultees will be given the opportunity to comment on the draft of SACN's report on salt prior to publication.

Answer: Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role the Department of Health plays in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's review of the evidence on salt; in what form the SACN will publish the results of their consideration of evidence on salt in the diets of adults and children; and whether consultees will be given the opportunity to comment on the draft of SACN's report on salt prior to publication. [54245] Yvette Cooper: The Department provides the joint Secretariat for Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) with the Food Standards Agency. SACN's review of salt will be the first such report published by this new committee (which held its first meeting in June 2001). The final form of the report has not yet been decided. It will be placed on the SACN website to make it available to stakeholders as soon as it has been agreed by the committee. There are no plans to conduct consultation on the report before this is done.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 54245; 385 c729W;385 c728-9W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Consumption Diets Health Food Nutrition Salt Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk