Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2018 to Question 146303, on Nutrition: Health Education, when (a) Public Health England and (b) Government bodies plan to respond to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s final advice on saturated fat.

The final Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) report on saturated fats and health is expected to be published in 2019. Following receipt of SACN’s final report, Public Health England and Government bodies will consider whether Government advice on saturated fats requires updating and will advise health ministers accordingly.