United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 50761
Processed Food: Taxation
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7 May 2025
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16 May 2025 · Answer
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Taxation
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16 May 2025
Summary
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.
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7 May 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
16 May 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-07/50761
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1800562
- uk · wq-1800562 · source updated 16 May 2025