AQW 20806/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance how much money has been received from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy since its introduction.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 23 June 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 23 June 2021
- Answer due by
- 8 July 2021
- Answered
- 30 June 20217 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Executive does not receive any funding from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy directly. Any money that is generated through the levy is paid to HMRC.
The Executive will receive a Barnett allocation of any additional expenditure in England, financed from the new levy. However as Spending Review outcomes are set at departmental level and not linked to individual programmes or levy income it is not possible to determine the level of consequentials which directly relate to that additional spend.