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1644282

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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 revenue has been generated by the soft drinks industry levy in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and whether this funding has been used to help tackle (a) poor oral health, (b) obesity, (c) diabetes and (d) other issues.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	189378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to helping people live healthier lives. Having a fit and healthy population is essential for a thriving economy and addressing obesity remains a priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not breakdown the revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) specifically for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Headline statistics including total SDIL receipts are published online and can be accessed via this link: <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> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/06/2023 16:21:11 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1506877

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding raised through the Soft Drink Industry Levy (SDIL) has been spent in each year since it was introduced on either (a) sport and physical education in schools and (b) healthy breakfast clubs for school children; and how much of the income from the SDIL in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms has been spent on (A) sport and physical education in schools, (B) healthy breakfast clubs for school children and (C) other purposes broken down by (1) capital and (2) revenue spending.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	51630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) came into effect in April 2018 with the aim of tackling childhood obesity by encouraging suppliers to reduce the sugar content of drinks. The Government has not commissioned a report on the use of the SDIL, and its revenues are not formally linked to any individual spending programme, but the Government has supported activity to promote childhood health and wellbeing.</p><p>The Department’s budgets were increased to allow for the doubling of the PE and sport premium to £320 million from the 2017/18 academic year. The Department has since maintained it at that level to support primary schools to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of their PE, sport and physical activity provision.</p><p>Details of how the PE and sport premium is allocated can be found here:</p><ul><li>School-level allocations are available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fskillsfunding.service.gov.uk%2Fsingle-funding-statement%2Flatest%2Fstart&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMike.Cunningham%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb5052f3d261c40114cd808da9ca0012a%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637994508273516805%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0hcoSfQZaN0HXIUxkUeb6Fm7ouOXDlWj6XoJWYCyWtw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/single-funding-statement/latest/start</a>.</li><li>Allocations from previous years are on the National Archives’ website: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=pe+and+sport+premium" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=pe+and+sport+premium</a>.</li></ul><p>The Department also offered the £100 million healthy pupils capital fund in 2018/19. This was a one-year fund. Allocations for each local authority and multi-academy trust, who were eligible to receive a direct allocation, were published in March 2018.</p><p>Details are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2F20190212204720%2Fhttps%3A%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcapital-allocations&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMike.Cunningham%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb5052f3d261c40114cd808da9ca0012a%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637994508273516805%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zu9r3ntj2Ykyw6L8ZKz7Whu55EQHog%2BMVBshFc870Mo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20190212204720/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>Details of successful healthy pupils capital fund projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome</a>.</p><p>Funding of nearly £22 million was allocated between 2017 and 2019 through an essential life skills (ELS) programme, to enable disadvantaged children and young people living in some of the most deprived parts of the country to participate in regular extra-curricular activities. The ELS programme targeted disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-18, across 12 Opportunity Areas. Areas received £7.95 million in 2017/18 and £13.8 million in 2018/19.</p><p>Details of the grants are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-life-skills-grant-s31-grant-determination-and-letters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-life-skills-grant-s31-grant-determination-and-letters</a>.</p><p>The Department invested up to £35 million to fund the national schools breakfast programme over 3 years from March 2018. The Government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs. We are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme until the end of the summer term in 2023. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free, nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing, and readiness to learn.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 51631 51632 question first answered 28/09/2022 10:01:22 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1506878

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the income raised through the Soft Drink Industry Levy has been spent in each (a) region of England, (b) local authority in England and (c) parliamentary constituency in England in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	51631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) came into effect in April 2018 with the aim of tackling childhood obesity by encouraging suppliers to reduce the sugar content of drinks. The Government has not commissioned a report on the use of the SDIL, and its revenues are not formally linked to any individual spending programme, but the Government has supported activity to promote childhood health and wellbeing.</p><p>The Department’s budgets were increased to allow for the doubling of the PE and sport premium to £320 million from the 2017/18 academic year. The Department has since maintained it at that level to support primary schools to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of their PE, sport and physical activity provision.</p><p>Details of how the PE and sport premium is allocated can be found here:</p><ul><li>School-level allocations are available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fskillsfunding.service.gov.uk%2Fsingle-funding-statement%2Flatest%2Fstart&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMike.Cunningham%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb5052f3d261c40114cd808da9ca0012a%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637994508273516805%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0hcoSfQZaN0HXIUxkUeb6Fm7ouOXDlWj6XoJWYCyWtw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/single-funding-statement/latest/start</a>.</li><li>Allocations from previous years are on the National Archives’ website: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=pe+and+sport+premium" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=pe+and+sport+premium</a>.</li></ul><p>The Department also offered the £100 million healthy pupils capital fund in 2018/19. This was a one-year fund. Allocations for each local authority and multi-academy trust, who were eligible to receive a direct allocation, were published in March 2018.</p><p>Details are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2F20190212204720%2Fhttps%3A%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcapital-allocations&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMike.Cunningham%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb5052f3d261c40114cd808da9ca0012a%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637994508273516805%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zu9r3ntj2Ykyw6L8ZKz7Whu55EQHog%2BMVBshFc870Mo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20190212204720/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>Details of successful healthy pupils capital fund projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome</a>.</p><p>Funding of nearly £22 million was allocated between 2017 and 2019 through an essential life skills (ELS) programme, to enable disadvantaged children and young people living in some of the most deprived parts of the country to participate in regular extra-curricular activities. The ELS programme targeted disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-18, across 12 Opportunity Areas. Areas received £7.95 million in 2017/18 and £13.8 million in 2018/19.</p><p>Details of the grants are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-life-skills-grant-s31-grant-determination-and-letters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-life-skills-grant-s31-grant-determination-and-letters</a>.</p><p>The Department invested up to £35 million to fund the national schools breakfast programme over 3 years from March 2018. The Government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs. We are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme until the end of the summer term in 2023. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free, nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing, and readiness to learn.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 51630 51632 question first answered 28/09/2022 10:01:22 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1457247

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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 recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on the finances of affected companies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	153956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Sales of soft drinks have increased since the Soft Drinks Industry Levy was introduced. “Sugar Reduction - Report on progress between 2015 and 2019” published by Public Health England, shows that there has been an increase in sales of all soft drinks included in the SDIL, but a reduction in the total sugar sales from those drinks of 35.4%, reflecting the shift in sales towards lower sugar drinks.</p><p>The impact on individual companies will vary depending on their product portfolios.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2022 14:57:31 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1314608

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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 revenue has been generated by the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in the last three years; and how much of that revenue has been provided to Northern Ireland through Barnett consequentials.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	1220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>Since its introduction in April 2018, the provisional total for revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including March 2021 is £878 million. This consists of the following amounts raised per financial year:</p><p>2018-19: £240 million<br>2019-20: £337 million<br>2020-21 (provisional): £301 million</p><p>Funding for the devolved administrations through the Barnett formula is based on UK Government spending rather than revenues. A breakdown of the Northern Ireland Executive’s funding, including Barnett consequentials, can be found in the Block Grant Transparency publication.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/05/2021 12:54:12 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1311755

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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 funding his Department has received from revenues from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy since that levy was introduced on 6 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	186179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The money raised through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is not linked to any specific programmes, or departmental spending. Departmental spend is allocated through Spending Reviews, by the Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>Since its introduction in April 2018, the provisional total for revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including March 2021 is £878 million. This consists of the following amounts raised per financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2018-19: £240 million</p><p>2019-20: £337 million</p><p>2020-21 (provisional): £301 million</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 186180 question first answered 28/04/2021 08:17:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1311902

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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 funding his Department has received from revenues from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy since that levy was introduced on 6 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	186180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The money raised through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is not linked to any specific programmes, or departmental spending. Departmental spend is allocated through Spending Reviews, by the Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>Since its introduction in April 2018, the provisional total for revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including March 2021 is £878 million. This consists of the following amounts raised per financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2018-19: £240 million</p><p>2019-20: £337 million</p><p>2020-21 (provisional): £301 million</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 186179 question first answered 28/04/2021 08:17:24 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1311420

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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 funding his Department has received from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	185904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The money raised through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is not linked to any specific programmes, or departmental spending. Departmental spend is allocated through Spending Reviews, by the Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>Since its introduction in April 2018, the provisional total for revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including March 2021 is £878 million. This consists of the following amounts raised per financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2018-19: £240 million</p><p>2019-20: £337 million</p><p>2020-21 (provisional): £301 million</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 185903 185905 question first answered 27/04/2021 13:45:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1311421

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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 funding his Department has received from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	185905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The money raised through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is not linked to any specific programmes, or departmental spending. Departmental spend is allocated through Spending Reviews, by the Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>Since its introduction in April 2018, the provisional total for revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including March 2021 is £878 million. This consists of the following amounts raised per financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2018-19: £240 million</p><p>2019-20: £337 million</p><p>2020-21 (provisional): £301 million</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 185903 185904 question first answered 27/04/2021 13:45:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1255518

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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 revenue has been raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020-21 to date; and which programmes and organisations have received funding as a result of that revenue.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	120833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s October publication of receipts for the year to date shows that the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) has provisionally raised £223m in revenue in 2020-21. Further information can be found here: <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>There is no formal link between SDIL revenues and individual programmes. However, the Government will continue to invest in supporting public health and tackling obesity, including the Department for Education’s primary sports premium.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/12/2020 14:17:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson