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date	16/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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 his Department has made of the effect of the decision by soft drinks suppliers to repackage the size of their bottles and cans on the revenue to the Exchequer from the soft drinks industry levy.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	123000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest revenue forecast for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy can be found in ‘Table 2.2’ of the Budget Document, published alongside Autumn Budget 2017. This forecast already accounts for a behavioural response whereby producers lower the sugar content of their drinks, promote lower sugar alternatives and reduce portion sizes.</p><p>Table 2.2. can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661380/B2017Table2.2.XLSX" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661380/B2017Table2.2.XLSX</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/01/2018 17:27:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

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date	12/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of low productivity growth since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Productivity growth has slowed globally since the financial crisis. The Government is closely monitoring the effects of this on the UK economy to guide policy. Since 2010 we have invested over half a trillion pounds in capital investment, cut taxes to support business investment and reformed technical education. The Autumn Budget sets out the next steps the government is taking to improve productivity. We are extending the National Productivity Investment Fund, increasing support for R&amp;D to its highest level in 30 years by 2021/22, transforming lifelong learning and responding to the Patient Capital Review that we commissioned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/01/2018 15:50:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd