Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of sugar consumed by a person in the UK (a) in one week, (b) in one year and (c) over the course of their life.

The latest data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey shows that the average daily intake of free sugars for men and women aged 19-64 years in the United Kingdom was 64.3g and 50.0g per day respectively in 2014/15-2015/16.

Data on how much sugar is consumed by a person in the UK per week and per year are not available in the format requested.

Further information is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/699241/NDNS_results_years_7_and_8.pdf