Policy Threads

HFSS Online Advertising Restrictions

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Department of Health and Social Care are restricting online advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods, particularly to children, through proposed legislation and application of the nutrient profiling model. The policy aims to reduce childhood obesity by limiting promotional practices for unhealthy food products.

29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions under section 333(6) of the Gambling Act 2005 to the powers of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to mak

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions under section 333(6) of the Gambling Act 2005 to the powers of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to make regulations on the remote advertising …

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the analysis of responses to the 2018 consultation on the Nutrient Profiling Model before any decision to adopt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the analysis of responses to the 2018 consultation on the Nutrient Profiling Model before any decision to adopt that model; and if he will …

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24 Jun 2021 | Written evidence Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Department of Health and Social Care linked

Evidence note

In response to: Total restriction of online advertising for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)

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