To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use a sugar and salt tax to fund healthy food options for those living in poverty.
Answered on
27 June 2022
The affordability of food, and individuals’ access to food, is a key element of the Government’s approach to tackling poverty as we manage the impact of cost-of-living pressures.
The Government’s food strategy[1] sets out measures which will ease supply chain bottlenecks and improve efficiency, therefore reducing pressures on the cost of food; it includes measures to support good quality jobs around the country; and it also sets out how we will continue to support children and families on low incomes to learn and eat healthily through various initiatives such as the Healthy Start Scheme, free school meals, breakfast clubs and the Holiday Activities and Food Programme.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-food-strategy