Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 23 September 2020 to Question 89709 on Food: Labelling, which organisations and experts he has met with as part of developing plans to introduce calorie labelling on menus.

Our consultation on introducing mandatory out-of-home calorie labelling received feedback from a wide range of organisations and experts, including clinical and medical professionals. Departmental officials recently met with representatives from BEAT, an eating disorder charity, to discuss implementation of the policy and we intend to continue to engage with them as our plans develop. In addition, the Minister of State for Patient Safety, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (Ms Nadine Dorries MP) recently met with BEAT and the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eating Disorders.