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 12 July 2022 to Question 27574 on Food: Labelling, what methods he is using to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021, including on people living with eating disorders; and when he plans to publish the post-implementation review.

The post-implementation review will use methods such as structured observations, intercept surveys, national survey analysis and qualitative interviews. The Department is commissioning additional research to ensure that the impact of the Regulations on those with lived experience of eating disorders is considered. The review will be conducted within five years of the implementation of the policy.