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 made of the (a) amount of revenue raised and (b) effect on public health of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has records of the amount of revenue raised through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL).

The SDIL was introduced in April 2018 with money to the public purse accruing from this date. Monthly and annual receipts from SDIL are published in HMRC’s National Statistics publication, which can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk

Public Health England has not made an assessment of the effect of the SDIL on public health. The National Diet and Nutrition Survey is used to monitor trends in consumption of sugary soft drinks and in sugar intakes. Data covering the period when the SDIL was introduced will become available in 2020. However, the survey cannot attribute changes in consumption to individual policies.