Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's agreement with McDonald's as a Public Health Partner in its Responsibility Plan included any commitments with regard to (a) the location of McDonald's sites and (b) other local authority planning issues.

There are no commitments with McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd through the Public Health Responsibility Deal (RD) with regards to the location of outlets or other local authority planning issues. McDonald’s is committed to eight pledges on food, health at work and physical activity. Information about the RD and partners signed up to pledges is available on the RD website at:

https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/pledges/

In March 2014, Public Health England issued a briefing “Obesity and the environment: regulating the growth of fast food outlets” which addresses the opportunities to limit the number of fast food outlets and gives practical advice to local planners and public health professionals. This briefing is attached.

There are no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of including urban planning in the RD.