Beer: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 83859 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to beer duty on the financial sustainability of (a) small and (b) independent breweries.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 28 Oct 2025
A new duty structure for alcoholic products was introduced in August 2023. This included a new Small Producer Relief (SPR) which replaced and extended the previous Small Brewers Relief. SPR provides vital support to smaller producers making 4500 hectolitr...