Soft Drinks: Taxation

Treasury written question – answered at on 18 July 2019.

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Photo of Tom Watson Tom Watson Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the soft drinks industry levy to milk replacement drinks containing sugar; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Robert Jenrick Robert Jenrick The Exchequer Secretary

Milk substitute drinks derived from plants are currently exempt from the soft drinks industry levy. At the time of the introduction of SDIL the Government committed to review this in 2020.

The government has no plans to extend SDIL at the present time.

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