Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on small businesses of proposed mandatory calorie counts on all restaurant and takeaway menus.

We will be publishing an impact assessment alongside the consultation on introducing consistent calorie labelling for the out of home sector later this year. We will also take into account the views and concerns of smaller businesses as part of the consultation process and welcome suggestions on how to make the process easier for them.