Question follow-through · 29960
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on the dairy industry.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on the dairy industry.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is a tax on pre-packaged soft drinks with added sugar. Drinks without added sugars, such as plain cow’s milk, are not in scope of SDIL. At Autumn Budget, the Chancellor announced a review of SDIL, including the current...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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