Written questions

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 15752 · Tabled 25 Nov 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of total cost to the Treasury of changes to alcohol duty rates in each year since 2013; and if she will make an estimate of the total cost of such changes in each year to 2030.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 3 Dec 2024

Since 2013, cuts and freezes to alcohol duty have cost the Exchequer £15 billion in total, in comparison to if the rates had increased annually in line with RPI as forecasted by the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). All changes to alcohol duty rates ...