Written Question·Treasury·UIN 98018

Soft Drinks: Taxation

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Luke Myer

LabourMiddlesbrough South and East Cleveland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the sugar content of powdered milk based drinks and include those products within the scope of the soft drinks industry levy.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
At Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced her intention to review the Soft Drinks Industry levy (SDIL) to drive further product reformulation, whilst maintaining the fundamental design of the levy as a tax on pre-packaged soft drinks with added suga...

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