Tobacco: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 95616 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason tobacco duty increased above the rate of inflation in the Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 4 Dec 2025
At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government renewed the commitment to a tobacco duty escalator, which increases duty by 2 percent above RPI inflation at each Budget, until the end of the current Parliament. At Autumn Budget 2025, the duty on all tobacco product...