Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 76210 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing incidental off-sales of beer and cider from draught duty paid containers on pubs in rural communities.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 17 Sep 2025
Draught beer and cider now pay 13.9% less in duty than their packaged equivalents - an increase of over 50% on the previous draught discount of 9.2%. This took a penny of duty off a typical strength pint. The core objective of this relief is to recognise ...