Spirits: National Income
Commons · Question 94395 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the contribution of on-trade sale of UK spirits to GDP.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 1 Dec 2025
At Autumn Budget 2025 the Chancellor confirmed that alcohol duty will be uprated on 1 February 2026 to main its current real-terms value. The government does not expect this to have any significant impact to GDP, nor competition between the on and off tra...