To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of litres of fizzy drinks that have been consumed per person in England over the last 12 months. (128381)

I have been asked to reply.

The Government do not collect specific data on the consumption of fizzy drinks.

However, according to the Expenditure and Food Survey England, household residents purchased an average of 65 litres of ready-to-drink soft drinks per person in the year from April 2004 to March 2005. This figure includes still and fizzy soft drinks, including fruit juice drinks, but excludes pure fruit juices and smoothies.