Spirits: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 97312 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in spirit duty on trends in levels of pub closures.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 11 Dec 2025
Alcohol duty is paid by producers, and is therefore not typically paid directly by pubs. Further, according to estimates derived from sales data collected on behalf of the Office for National Statistics, only around 15% of spirits are consumed on-trade. A...