Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar, or salt: consultation analysis

Annex 2: Frequency analysis of closed questions

The following abbreviations are used in the tables in this Annex:

Organisations		Organisation sub-totals
PS	public sector	Non-Ind	Non-industry
TS	third sector
Oth	other
IRB	industry representative body	Ind	Industry
M	manufacturer
R & OoH	retailer and Out of Home provider

 

Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures
F	‘for’ mandatory measures
A	‘against’ mandatory measures
N	‘neither’ for or against mandatory measures, includes ‘not answered’

The following terminology is used in the tables in this Annex (also see Annex 3 for more information):

Inferred clearly from comments - this term is used to indicate responses that have been corrected on the basis that the original answer option selected did not match the written comments, but the specific phrasing used in the written comments was sufficiently clear to confidently infer the intended response. This includes where an answer to a tick box question was missing and also where the written explanation suggested the answer option originally chosen was not the respondent’s intended response. 

Conflicting answers - this term is used to indicate responses where the comments submitted by respondents conflicted with the original tick box answer option that they selected, but were not sufficiently clear to enable correction. 

Possible conflicting answers – this term is used to indicate responses where no comment was submitted but the tick box answer option that they selected conflicts with the viewpoint expressed in responses to other questions and therefore may not have been the intended response.

Table A2.1: Question 1 — To what degree do you agree or disagree that mandatory measures should be introduced to restrict the promotion and marketing of foods high in fat, sugar or salt to reduce health harms associated with their excessive consumption?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Total - all orgs	Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind
Strongly agree		n	20	8	11	1	1	2	39	4	43	245
		%	65%	80%	79%	7%	6%	25%	71%	10%	46%	39%
Agree		n	5	1	1	0	2	0	7	2	9	106
Inferred clearly  from comments		n	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0
		%	19%	10%	7%	0%	18%	0%	15%	8%	12%	17%
Neither agree or disagree		n	2	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	6	46
		%	7%	10%	0%	0%	18%	0%	5%	8%	6%	7%
Disagree		n	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	68
Inferred clearly  from comments		n	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	0
		%	0%	0%	0%	7%	24%	13%	0%	15%	6%	11%
Strongly disagree		n	1	0	0	7	5	1	1	13	14	163
		%	3%	0%	0%	50%	29%	13%	2%	33%	15%	26%
Not Answered		n	2	0	2	5	1	4	4	10	14	3
		%	7%	0%	14%	36%	6%	50%	7%	26%	15%	1%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Strongly disagree’ (may have meant ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ based on comment		n							0	0	0	1
		%							0%	0%	0%	0%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	94	632

Table A2.2: Question 2 — Should this policy only target discretionary foods?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	10	2	5	1	2	0	17	3	17	0	3	20	143	5	14	162
		%	32%	20%	36%	7%	12%	0%	31%	8%	32%	0%	15%	21%	41%	2%	29%	26%
No – additional categories should be targeted		n	14	4	6	1	1	1	24	3	27	0	0	27	188	5	12	205
Inferred clearly  from comments		n							0	0				0	1	0	0	1
		%	45%	40%	43%	7%	6%	13%	44%	8%	50%	0%	0%	29%	54%	2%	25%	32%
No - fewer categories should be targeted		n	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	5	8	4	17
		%	3%	0%	0%	7%	6%	0%	2%	5%	4%	5%	0%	3%	1%	3%	8%	3%
No – no foods should be targeted		n	1	0	0	5	3	2	1	10	0	11	0	11	5	179	15	199
Inferred clearly  from comments		n	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1				0
		%	3%	0%	0%	36%	24%	25%	2%	28%	0%	60%	0%	13%	1%	77%	31%	32%
Other		n	1	2	1	1	4	0	4	5	3	3	3	9	2	2	2	6
Inferred clearly  from comments		n	0	0	0	3	4	5	0	12	1	4	7	12	0	0	1	1
		%	3%	20%	7%	29%	47%	63%	7%	44%	7%	35%	50%	23%	1%	1%	6%	1%
Don’t know		n	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
		%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	2%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Not Answered		n	3	2	2	2	1	0	7	3	3	0	7	10	1	1	0	2
		%	10%	20%	14%	14%	6%	0%	13%	8%	6%	0%	35%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Conflicting answers:
Selected more than one answer option, intended response could not be interpreted from comments		n							0	0				0	5	32	1	38
		%							0%	0%				0%	2%	14%	2%	7%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

In addition to the above responses, 9 respondents selected ‘other’ in addition to one of the above answer options (8 - individuals, 1 - organisation ‘other’).

Table A2.3: Question 3 — Should this policy treat ice-cream and dairy desserts as discretionary foods?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	19	8	6	1	2	1	33	4	36	1	0	37	237	15	17	269
	Inferred clearly from comments	n	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
		%	61%	80%	50%	7%	12%	13%	62%	10%	69%	5%	0%	40%	68%	7%	35%	43%
No		n	6	0	5	1	6	4	11	11	11	6	5	22	71	199	21	291
	Inferred clearly from comments	n	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	4
		%	19%	0%	36%	21%	35%	50%	20%	33%	20%	35%	30%	25%	20%	88%	43%	47%
Don’t know		n	3	1	0	4	1	0	4	5	2	3	4	9	36	8	10	54
		%	10%	10%	0%	29%	6%	0%	7%	13%	4%	15%	20%	10%	10%	3%	20%	9%
Not answered		n	3	1	2	6	8	3	6	17	4	9	10	23	3	6	1	10
		%	10%	10%	14%	43%	47%	38%	11%	44%	7%	45%	50%	25%	1%	3%	2%	2%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	1	0	0	1
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	2	0	0	2
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	0%	0%	0%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.4: Question 5A — In relation to the foods being targeted, should this policy seek to: Restrict multi-buys?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	22	4	10	1	6	2	36	9	41	2	2	45	272	14	22	308
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	0	2	5				0
		%	71%	50%	79%	7%	41%	50%	69%	31%	82%	10%	20%	53%	78%	6%	45%	49%
No		n	2	0	0	5	1	2	2	8	0	8	2	10	51	206	20	277
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	1
		%	6%	0%	0%	43%	18%	25%	4%	28%	0%	55%	10%	14%	15%	89%	41%	44%
Don’t know		n	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	23	3	6	32
		%	7%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	4%	0%	5%	3%	7%	1%	12%	5%
Not answered		n	5	4	3	7	7	2	12	16	8	7	13	28	5	6	1	12
		%	16%	40%	21%	50%	41%	25%	22%	41%	15%	35%	65%	30%	1%	3%	2%	2%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	0	1	0	1
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	1	0	1
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.5: Question 5B — In relation to the foods being targeted, should this policy seek to: Restrict sales of unlimited amounts for a fixed charge?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	23	4	10	1	6	2	37	9	41	1	4	46	261	16	21	298
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	1
		%	74%	40%	79%	7%	41%	50%	69%	31%	80%	5%	30%	53%	74%	7%	43%	47%
No		n	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	5	0	6	0	6	44	201	22	267
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	1
		%	3%	0%	0%	29%	18%	13%	2%	21%	0%	45%	0%	9%	13%	87%	45%	42%
Don’t know		n	3	1	0	1	0	1	4	2	3	2	1	6	39	6	5	50
		%	10%	10%	0%	7%	0%	13%	7%	5%	6%	10%	5%	6%	11%	3%	10%	8%
Not answered		n	4	5	3	8	7	2	12	17	8	8	13	29	7	6	1	14
		%	13%	50%	21%	57%	41%	25%	22%	44%	15%	40%	65%	31%	2%	3%	2%	2%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	1	0	1
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.6: Question 5C — In relation to the foods being targeted, should this policy seek to: NOT restrict temporary price reductions?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	9	1	2	5	4	1	12	10	13	7	2	22	141	184	31	356
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	1	1	1	2	5	1	3	8	4	6	1	11	1	6	2	9
		%	32%	20%	21%	50%	53%	25%	27%	46%	32%	65%	15%	35%	41%	82%	67%	57%
No		n	13	3	4	0	1	3	20	4	21	2	1	24	133	8	11	152
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n							0	0				0	1	0	0	1
		%	42%	30%	29%	0%	6%	38%	36%	10%	39%	10%	5%	26%	38%	3%	22%	24%
Don’t know		n	2	1	4	0	0	0	7	0	6	0	1	7	36	2	2	40
		%	7%	10%	29%	0%	0%	0%	13%	0%	11%	0%	5%	7%	10%	1%	4%	6%
Not answered		n	6	4	3	7	7	3	13	17	10	5	15	30	36	9	2	47
		%	19%	40%	21%	50%	41%	38%	24%	44%	19%	25%	75%	32%	10%	4%	4%	7%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	3	16	1	20
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	7%	2%	3%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	7	0	7
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	3%	0%	1%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.7: Question 5D — In relation to the foods being targeted, should this policy seek to: NOT restrict multi-packs?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	11	1	4	5	3	1	16	9	15	7	3	25	126	187	29	342
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	1	0	1	2	5	1	2	8	3	6	1	10	1	7	1	9
		%	39%	10%	36%	50%	47%	25%	33%	44%	33%	65%	20%	38%	36%	84%	61%	55%
No		n	11	3	5	0	2	2	19	4	22	1	0	23	141	8	10	159
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n							0	0				0	1	0	0	1
		%	36%	30%	36%	0%	12%	25%	35%	10%	41%	5%	0%	25%	41%	3%	20%	25%
Don’t know		n	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	3	1	1	5	38	2	6	46
		%	7%	10%	7%	0%	0%	13%	7%	3%	6%	5%	5%	5%	11%	1%	12%	7%
Not answered		n	6	5	3	7	7	3	14	17	11	5	15	31	41	7	2	50
		%	19%	50%	21%	50%	41%	38%	25%	44%	20%	25%	75%	33%	12%	3%	4%	8%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	3	15	1	19
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	7%	2%	3%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	6	0	6
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	3%	0%	1%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.8: Question 7 — Should the restrictions apply to any place where targeted foods are sold to the public, except where they are not sold in the course of business (e.g. charity bake sales)?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	19	6	11	2	7	4	36	13	40	4	5	49	281	22	20	323
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	1	3	6	1	0	0	1
		%	61%	70%	86%	21%	47%	75%	69%	44%	78%	25%	40%	58%	80%	10%	41%	51%
No		n	6	1	0	2	1	1	7	4	6	4	1	11	44	190	20	254
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1
		%	19%	10%	0%	21%	12%	13%	13%	15%	11%	30%	5%	14%	13%	82%	41%	40%
Don’t know		n	3	2	0	1	0	1	5	2	4	2	1	7	11	11	7	29
		%	10%	20%	0%	7%	0%	13%	9%	5%	7%	10%	5%	7%	3%	5%	14%	5%
Not answered		n	3	0	2	7	7	0	5	14	2	7	10	19	8	9	2	19
		%	10%	0%	14%	50%	41%	0%	9%	36%	4%	35%	50%	20%	2%	4%	4%	3%
Conflicting answers
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	5	0	0	5
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.9: Question 9 — Should restrictions to displaying targeted foods at end of aisle, checkouts etc., not apply where there is no reasonable alternative to displaying them elsewhere?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	10	3	5	4	6	4	18	14	20	9	3	32	110	106	16	232
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	1	0	1	3	4	1	2	8	2	7	1	10	0	19	0	19
		%	35%	30%	43%	50%	59%	63%	36%	56%	41%	80%	20%	40%	31%	54%	33%	40%
No		n	14	4	3	2	2	1	21	5	24	1	1	26	172	21	13	206
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	4
		%	45%	40%	29%	14%	12%	25%	40%	15%	46%	5%	10%	30%	50%	9%	27%	34%
Don’t know		n	2	1	2	0	1	0	5	1	3	2	1	6	48	29	12	89
		%	7%	10%	14%	0%	6%	0%	9%	3%	6%	10%	5%	6%	14%	13%	25%	14%
Not answered		n	4	2	2	5	4	1	8	10	4	1	13	18	7	12	6	25
		%	13%	20%	14%	36%	24%	13%	15%	26%	7%	5%	65%	19%	2%	5%	12%	4%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	8	1	2	11
		%							0%	0%				0%	2%	0%	4%	2%
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	2	24	0	26
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	10%	0%	4%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	20	0	20
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	9%	0%	3%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.10: Question 10A — Should food marked as discounted because it is close to expiry be exempt from: Positioning restrictions (end of aisle, checkouts etc.)?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	12	3	3	5	6	3	18	14	17	10	5	32	135	149	22	306
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	0	6	0	6
		%	39%	40%	29%	36%	41%	38%	36%	38%	35%	55%	25%	37%	39%	67%	45%	49%
No		n	13	3	6	1	2	2	22	5	26	1	0	27	176	20	15	211
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
		%	42%	30%	50%	7%	18%	25%	42%	15%	50%	10%	0%	31%	50%	9%	31%	33%
Don’t know		n	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	19	11	3	33
		%	3%	10%	7%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	4%	0%	5%	3%	5%	5%	6%	5%
Not answered		n	5	2	2	8	7	3	9	18	6	7	14	27	8	13	6	27
		%	16%	20%	14%	57%	41%	38%	16%	46%	11%	35%	70%	29%	2%	6%	12%	4%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	4	0	0	4
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	8	20	3	31
		%							0%	0%				0%	2%	9%	6%	5%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	13	0	13
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	6%	0%	2%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632

Table A2.11: Question 10B — Should food marked as discounted because it is close to expiry be exempt from: Promotion of value’ restrictions?

Response Type			Organisations						Orgs - Subtotals		Organisations – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all orgs	Individuals – by stance on mandatory measures			Total - all inds
			PS	TS	Oth	IRB	M	R & OoH	Non Ind	Ind	F	A	N		F	A	N
Yes		n	13	3	4	5	6	3	20	14	20	10	4	34	117	141	22	280
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	7
		%	42%	40%	36%	36%	41%	38%	40%	38%	41%	55%	20%	39%	33%	64%	45%	45%
No		n	11	2	6	1	2	2	19	5	22	1	1	24	172	18	10	200
	Inferred clearly  from comments	n	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
		%	35%	20%	50%	7%	18%	25%	36%	15%	43%	10%	5%	28%	49%	8%	20%	32%
Don’t know		n	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	41	15	9	65
		%	3%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	4%	0%	5%	3%	12%	7%	18%	10%
Not answered		n	6	2	2	8	7	3	10	18	7	7	14	28	11	16	6	33
		%	19%	20%	14%	57%	41%	38%	18%	46%	13%	35%	70%	30%	3%	7%	12%	5%
Conflicting answers:
Selected ‘Yes’ (may have meant ‘No’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	3	0	0	3
		%							0%	0%				0%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on comments)		n							0	0				0	6	22	2	30
		%							0%	0%				0%	2%	10%	4%	5%
Possible conflicting answers:
Selected ‘No’ (may have meant ‘Yes’ based on responses to other questions)		n							0	0				0	0	13	0	13
		%							0%	0%				0%	0%	6%	0%	2%
Total		n	31	10	14	14	17	8	55	39	54	20	20	94	351	232	49	632