Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 41248 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs' Policy paper entitled Alcohol Duty uprating, published on 30 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the 3.4% increase in alcohol duties
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 2 Apr 2025
At Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced that she would uprate alcohol duty in line with RPI inflation on 1 February 2025. This decision weighed the impacts on businesses, cost-of-living pressures on people who drink moderately and responsibly, and the p...