Tobacco: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 61235 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made with the Office for National Statistics of the potential impact of tobacco excise duty on the level of the Consumer Prices Index in (a) October 2024 and (b) June 2025.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 24 Jun 2025
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are responsible for estimating the impact of Government policies on inflation. The OBR did not include an assessment on the contribution of tobacco excise duty to inflation in either the October 2024 ...