Sugar: Consumption
(asked on 17th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has on the impact of the sugar tax on trends in the level of sugar consumption.
This question was answered on 25th October 2019
Public Health England has not made an assessment of the effect of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) on the level of sugar consumption.
The National Diet and Nutrition Survey is used to monitor trends in consumption of sugary soft drinks and sugar intakes. Data covering the period when the SDIL was introduced will be published in 2020.