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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Monday, 1 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 February 2016 (named day). It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 February 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Food

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) Special Advisers and (c) senior officials in his Department have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink Federation, (ii) Coca-Cola, (iii) PepsiCo and (iv) the British Soft Drinks Association in each of the last 18 months; and what the subject was of each such meeting.

Answer

Details of all Ministerial and Special Adviser meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the GOV.UK website.

Information for 2014 is available at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2014

The latest publications up to September 2015 are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2015

Information for October to December 2015 will be published at the end of March.

Departmental officials have ongoing discussions with representatives from companies producing food and drink. Discussions have included actions and commitments being made by industry to improve the nation’s diet, successes achieved and challenges to make further substantial progress.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24988
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Food Meetings Department of Health
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk