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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to question 14817, what specific representations his Department made on behalf of the vending industry to the Department for Health and Social Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to question 14817, what specific representations his Department made on behalf of the vending industry to the Department for Health and Social Care.
The Department regularly engages with the Department of Health and Social Care on a range of issues affecting business sectors. This has included consideration of the impacts of policy proposals on businesses and implementation considerations. However, it would not be appropriate to disclose further details of internal Government policy discussions, as doing so could prejudice the effective development of Government policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer to question 11397, what representations his Department made to the Department for Health and Social Care on the vending machine industry and the proposed ban on the sale of energy drinks to under-16s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer to question 11397, what representations his Department made to the Department for Health and Social Care on the vending machine industry and the proposed ban on the sale of energy drinks to under-16s.
The Department for Business and Trade engaged with the Department of Health and Social Care during the development of proposals relating to the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s. As is standard practice, Ministers and officials work closely with counterparts across Government to help inform policy development, including consideration of impacts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered establishing a central (a) register and (b) database of vending machines and operators to support compliance monitoring with energy efficiency labelling and refrigerant gas regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered establishing a central (a) register and (b) database of vending machines and operators to support compliance monitoring with energy efficiency labelling and refrigerant gas regulations.
Refrigerant gases are regulated under the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations, with enforcement sitting with the Environment Agency.
Under the Ecodesign for Related Products Regulations, refrigerated vending machines must meet minimum energy efficiency standards and carry accurate energy labelling. The Office for Product Safety and Standards, regulating on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, conducts risk-based, intelligence-led market surveillance and takes enforcement action where non-compliance is identified.
The Government has not received intelligence indicating a specific prevalence of non-compliant refrigerated vending machines and welcomes evidence from stakeholders which it will keep under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of non‑compliant vending machines entering the UK on (a) substandard and unverified energy‑efficiency performance at refrigerated vending machines, (b) the use of restricted refrigerant gases and (c) potential safety hazards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of non‑compliant vending machines entering the UK on (a) substandard and unverified energy‑efficiency performance at refrigerated vending machines, (b) the use of restricted refrigerant gases and (c) potential safety hazards...
Refrigerant gases are regulated under the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations, with enforcement sitting with the Environment Agency.
Under the Ecodesign for Related Products Regulations, refrigerated vending machines must meet minimum energy efficiency standards and carry accurate energy labelling. The Office for Product Safety and Standards, regulating on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, conducts risk-based, intelligence-led market surveillance and takes enforcement action where non-compliance is identified.
The Government has not received intelligence indicating a specific prevalence of non-compliant refrigerated vending machines and welcomes evidence from stakeholders which it will keep under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that all vending machine operators and suppliers adhere to current (a) energy‑efficiency and (b) refrigerant safety regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that all vending machine operators and suppliers adhere to current (a) energy‑efficiency and (b) refrigerant safety regulations.
Refrigerant gases are regulated under the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations, with enforcement sitting with the Environment Agency.
Under the Ecodesign for Related Products Regulations, refrigerated vending machines must meet minimum energy efficiency standards and carry accurate energy labelling. The Office for Product Safety and Standards, regulating on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, conducts risk-based, intelligence-led market surveillance and takes enforcement action where non-compliance is identified.
The Government has not received intelligence indicating a specific prevalence of non-compliant refrigerated vending machines and welcomes evidence from stakeholders which it will keep under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of non‑compliant vending machines currently in operation within the UK with respect to (a) (i) substandard or (ii) unverified energy‑efficiency ratings for refrigerated vending machines and (b) the use of non‑compliant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of non‑compliant vending machines currently in operation within the UK with respect to (a) (i) substandard or (ii) unverified energy‑efficiency ratings for refrigerated vending machines and (b) the use of non‑compliant...
Refrigerant gases are regulated under the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations, with enforcement sitting with the Environment Agency.
Under the Ecodesign for Related Products Regulations, refrigerated vending machines must meet minimum energy efficiency standards and carry accurate energy labelling. The Office for Product Safety and Standards, regulating on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, conducts risk-based, intelligence-led market surveillance and takes enforcement action where non-compliance is identified.
The Government has not received intelligence indicating a specific prevalence of non-compliant refrigerated vending machines and welcomes evidence from stakeholders which it will keep under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) frequency of compliance checks carried out on vending machine operators and suppliers to ensure adherence to UKCA requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) frequency of compliance checks carried out on vending machine operators and suppliers to ensure adherence to UKCA requirements.
Products placed on the UK market must comply with all relevant regulatory requirements, including UKCA marking where applicable. Product safety compliance and enforcement activity is undertaken by market surveillance and enforcement authorities on a proportionate, risk-based and intelligence-led basis.
The Department has not undertaken a vending machine-specific assessment of the adequacy or frequency of such checks, nor made an estimate of the number of non-compliant (a) vending and (b) professional coffee machines entering the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department made of the number of non-compliant (a) vending and (b) professional coffee machines entering the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department made of the number of non-compliant (a) vending and (b) professional coffee machines entering the United Kingdom.
Products placed on the UK market must comply with all relevant regulatory requirements, including UKCA marking where applicable. Product safety compliance and enforcement activity is undertaken by market surveillance and enforcement authorities on a proportionate, risk-based and intelligence-led basis.
The Department has not undertaken a vending machine-specific assessment of the adequacy or frequency of such checks, nor made an estimate of the number of non-compliant (a) vending and (b) professional coffee machines entering the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a ban on the sale of energy drinks through vending machines on the vending and automated retail sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a ban on the sale of energy drinks through vending machines on the vending and automated retail sector.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. This has been subject to a consultation which we ran for 12-weeks from 3 September to 26 November 2025.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals, including on the vending sector. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector, to inform this. We will consider whether the final impact assessment requires updating if additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available.
The Government is considering all consultation responses and will publish its response in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks from vending machines on gym users during physical activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks from vending machines on gym users during physical activity.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. This has been subject to a consultation which we ran for 12-weeks from 3 September to 26 November 2025.
In the consultation, we proposed using powers under the Food Safety Act 1990 to introduce the ban, to protect children’s health, and reduce health inequalities from the negative outcomes associated with high-caffeine energy drink consumption.
We considered the range of available evidence when developing the proposals. Our assessment is available in the consultation document, with further detail set out in the accompanying impact assessment. The impact assessment includes consideration of devolved governments’ policy on high-caffeine energy drinks.
The impact assessment also estimates the impact of our proposals, including on the vending sector. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
The Government is considering all consultation responses and will publish its response in due course.
Any legislation proposed following the consultation outcome would depend on ministerial decisions following the consultation, impact assessment requirements, and the necessary parliamentary scrutiny.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of adequacy of the level of regulation on vending operators following the implementation of the planned ban on high-caffeine energy drinks for under 16s and the Deposit Return Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of adequacy of the level of regulation on vending operators following the implementation of the planned ban on high-caffeine energy drinks for under 16s and the Deposit Return Scheme.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to publish draft regulations on the ban on high-caffeine energy drink sales to under 16s; what lead in time she considers appropriate for vending operators; and whether the Government plans a staged implementation or any pilot...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to publish draft regulations on the ban on high-caffeine energy drink sales to under 16s; what lead in time she considers appropriate for vending operators; and whether the Government plans a staged implementation or any pilot...
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with Trading Standards on enforcement capacity for vending machine restrictions; and how enforcement would be considered relative to retail and online sales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with Trading Standards on enforcement capacity for vending machine restrictions; and how enforcement would be considered relative to retail and online sales.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has modelled compliance expectations for unmanned 24 hour vending machines in (a) workplaces and (b) leisure settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has modelled compliance expectations for unmanned 24 hour vending machines in (a) workplaces and (b) leisure settings.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has explored the use of existing contactless or mobile payment infrastructure as part of a potential age restriction mechanism for vending machines, rather than requiring new hardware.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has explored the use of existing contactless or mobile payment infrastructure as part of a potential age restriction mechanism for vending machines, rather than requiring new hardware.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed international deployment of age verification technology for vending machines, including jurisdictions trialling such systems, associated costs and measured outcomes, prior to assessing its suitability for the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed international deployment of age verification technology for vending machines, including jurisdictions trialling such systems, associated costs and measured outcomes, prior to assessing its suitability for the UK.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what duties the proposed policy on banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s would place on gyms supervising under 16 sessions to enforce possible vending machine restrictions; and what assessment he has made of (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what duties the proposed policy on banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s would place on gyms supervising under 16 sessions to enforce possible vending machine restrictions; and what assessment he has made of (a) the...
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) how gyms with existing over 18 membership policies could enforce restrictions on sales via vending machines where a parent purchases a high-caffeine energy drink for a child and (b) the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) how gyms with existing over 18 membership policies could enforce restrictions on sales via vending machines where a parent purchases a high-caffeine energy drink for a child and (b) the potential...
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to undertake trials or pilots of restrictions on high-caffeine energy drink sales through vending machines prior to national implementation, including to improve the evidence base and inform future policy decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to undertake trials or pilots of restrictions on high-caffeine energy drink sales through vending machines prior to national implementation, including to improve the evidence base and inform future policy decisions.
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s Impact Assessment entitled Banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16 years, published on 23 June 2025, whether his Department has assessed the potential implications for his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s Impact Assessment entitled Banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16 years, published on 23 June 2025, whether his Department has assessed the potential implications for his Department's...
The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 years old. We ran a 12-week consultation on our proposals for the ban from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025. This included proposals on:
- the minimum age of sale for high-caffeine energy drinks;
- the products and businesses in scope of the ban;
- how the ban will apply in vending machines;
- the length of time that businesses and enforcement authorities need to implement the ban; and
- how the ban would be enforced.
We are now carefully considering the consultation responses. We will publish the Government response in due course, setting out the consultation outcome and next steps.
The accompanying impact assessment published on 3 September 2025 estimates the impact of our proposals. The Department engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representatives for the vending sector and enforcement, to inform this. If additional information or evidence provided through the consultation or published online becomes available, we will update our final impact assessment.