Written Question·Treasury·UIN 50761

Processed Food: Taxation

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax on ultra-processed food.

Answer

James Murray
The ‘Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy’ consultation, published last month, seeks ways to encourage producers to remove added sugar from soft drinks. Specifically, it sets out proposals to reduce the minimum sugar threshold at which the levy app...

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