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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-08more like thismore than 2018-02-08
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading Energy Drinks: Taxation more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the sum accrued to the public purse from tax on the sale of energy drinks in each of the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Blaenau Gwent more like this
tabling member printed
Nick Smith more like this
uin 127576 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-20more like thismore than 2018-02-20
answer text <p>Energy drinks, that is drinks that are high in caffeine and/or other stimulants, will typically be standard rated for VAT. However, no data is available on how much VAT is raised on their sale as this level of detail is not requested on VAT returns.</p><p>Energy drinks are often also high in sugar. From April this year, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will take effect, which is forecast to raise nearly £1.5billion over the next five years. This levy directly targets the producers and importers of sugary soft drinks to encourage them to remove added sugar, promote diet drinks, and reduce portion sizes for high sugar drinks.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Newark remove filter
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-20T08:43:17.987Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-20T08:43:17.987Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
3928
label Biography information for Nick Smith more like this