Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 31030 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing (a) beer duty and (b) other alcohol duties for pubs.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 24 Feb 2025
Pubs make an enormous contribution to our economy and society, and this is recognised in the tax system. Draught Relief provides a duty discount for all draught products below 8.5 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV). Around 60% of alcoholic drinks served in ...