Spirits: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 94397 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will conduct a review of the potential impact of spirits duty policy on the on-trade sector.
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...