Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 2 March 2026.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Plan for England, if he will set out the formats for mandatory health warnings on alcohol labels that his Department is considering, including whether these include text‑only warnings, cancer‑specific messaging, imagery, rotating labels, and pictograms.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to develop a definition of health warning for the purposes of alcohol labelling reforms.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed mandatory alcohol labelling reforms on producers, small businesses, supply chains and exporters.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what assessment he has made of the feasibility and cost implications of introducing rotating health warnings on alcohol products, including for long‑lifecycle products such as wine.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of using QR codes or digital labelling to supplement mandatory on‑label health warnings.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether mandatory alcohol labelling requirements will apply to both on‑trade and off‑trade settings.
Ashley Dalton
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
The recently published National Cancer Plan reiterated the commitment made in Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, to strengthen and expand on existing voluntary guidelines for alcohol labelling by introducing a mandatory requirement for alcoholic drinks to display consistent nutritional information and health warning messages.
Department officials are currently exploring and assessing the potential options for and impacts of delivering this policy commitment, which includes reviewing all available and emerging evidence, and considering stakeholder feedback, having just completed a round of stakeholder engagement.
The Department is working towards opening a consultation in late 2026, setting out the options under consideration, for the public and business to respond to.
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