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Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 94558 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will revise forward-looking forecasts for revenue from alcohol duty.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 2 Dec 2025

Alcohol duty receipts for the period March 2025 to October 2025, following the February 2025 rate increase, totalled £7.8 billion, down 4.5% from the same period in 2024 when receipts totalled £8.1 billion. This is driven by an underlying fall in alcohol ...