Soft Drinks: Taxation — Written Question

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

Labour — Bolton South and Walkden

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Budget Responsibility provided estimates between March 2016 and April 2028 on the potential impact that the proposed Soft Drinks Industry Levy would have on the Consumer Price Index (CPI); and

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

Forecasting the economy, including the impact of Government policy decisions on inflation, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR set out its latest assessment of policy measures in its Spring Forecast 202...

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