Soft Drinks: Taxation
Commons · Question 54238 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Sharon Hodgson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending exemptions to the proposed lactose allowance for milk-based drinks to equivalent milk-substitute drinks as part of the Soft Drinks Industr
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 10 Jun 2025
At Autumn Budget 2024 the Chancellor announced her intention to review the Soft Drinks Industry levy (SDIL) - which has incentivised producers to remove almost half (46%) the sugar in relevant drinks - to further drive product reformulation. The ‘Strength...