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1136697

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was accrued to the public purse from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was introduced in April 2018 with money to the public purse accruing from this date.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly and annual receipts from SDIL are published in HMRC’s National Statistics publication, which can be accessed via this link:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/07/2019 10:32:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1134150

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry levy is for financial year 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	268572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The current forecast for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The 2019-20 figure is currently estimated at £344m. The publication tables can be found on the OBR’s website: <a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/Fiscal_charts_and_tables_March_2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/Fiscal_charts_and_tables_March_2019.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 13:22:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1110727

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy since it was introduced in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	242732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Since its inception, the SDIL has been leading the way in sugar reduction programmes, and over half of sugary drinks have been reformulated, effectively removing 45 million kilogrammes of sugar every year from diets.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/04/2019 13:35:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1047727

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has accrued to the public purse from the soft drinks levy in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	212429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>Total receipts from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy duty are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/soft-drinks-industry-levy-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/soft-drinks-industry-levy-statistics</a></p><p>Year-to-date, to April to December 2018, the total raised was £155m.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of revenue for Soft Drinks Industry Levy by country is not available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/02/2019 08:29:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1015542

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 146155, on Sugar: Taxation, if he will undertake a review of the exemption for milk drinks containing sugar to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy earlier than 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to reviewing the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020, and there are no plans to alter this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/12/2018 12:53:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

947375

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue is projected to be raised in the 2018-19 financial year from the sugar tax.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	168129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March 2018, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is expected to accrue £240m in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The figure for the amount of revenue collected since the introduction of the SDIL was published on 21<sup>st</sup> August in the HMRC Tax &amp; NIC Receipts publication at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p>Note that these figures published on a receipts basis, with first SDIL payments due by 30<sup>th</sup> July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Budget announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from SDIL. The Department for Education will receive £575 million during the current spending review period. The funding has been allocated to a number of programmes to support pupil health and wellbeing which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Double funding for the primary physical education and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from 2017. The Department for Education and the Department of Health contribute £100 million and £60 million per year to the premium respectively, with the Soft Drinks Levy funding contributing £415 million over the remainder of the current spending review period.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide £100 million in 2018/19 for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide up to £26 million to kick-start or improve breakfast club provision in over 1,700 schools.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Expected revenue from the levy during the Spending Review period is £485 million for the UK as a whole. The total funding provided for these programmes in England is £575 million.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 168133 question first answered 04/09/2018 12:38:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

947382

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of the sugar tax on reducing the sugar content of soft drinks.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	168131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England have also released ‘Sugar reduction: report on first year progress’ which shows that soft drinks manufacturers are leading the way in reducing sugar in their product.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2018 12:43:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

947384

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been collected since the introduction of the soft drinks industry levy; and that money has been spent on.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	168133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March 2018, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is expected to accrue £240m in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The figure for the amount of revenue collected since the introduction of the SDIL was published on 21<sup>st</sup> August in the HMRC Tax &amp; NIC Receipts publication at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p>Note that these figures published on a receipts basis, with first SDIL payments due by 30<sup>th</sup> July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Budget announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from SDIL. The Department for Education will receive £575 million during the current spending review period. The funding has been allocated to a number of programmes to support pupil health and wellbeing which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Double funding for the primary physical education and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from 2017. The Department for Education and the Department of Health contribute £100 million and £60 million per year to the premium respectively, with the Soft Drinks Levy funding contributing £415 million over the remainder of the current spending review period.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide £100 million in 2018/19 for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide up to £26 million to kick-start or improve breakfast club provision in over 1,700 schools.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Expected revenue from the levy during the Spending Review period is £485 million for the UK as a whole. The total funding provided for these programmes in England is £575 million.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 168129 question first answered 04/09/2018 12:38:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

947666

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the soft drinks industry levy on sugar consumption levels in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	168061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England have also released ‘Sugar reduction: report on first year progress’ which shows that soft drinks manufacturers are leading the way in reducing sugar in their product.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2018 12:46:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

944658

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of how much money would be generated annually were the soft drinks levy to be extended to milk-based drinks; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	166105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HMT will review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020. At this stage, we have not made an assessment of the revenue that would be generated.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content before the introduction of the levy, meaning expected revenues have reduced from over £500m pa to £240m pa.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/07/2018 16:52:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest