Written questions

Tobacco: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 108187 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of CPI inflation on the proposed change in tobacco duty on 1 October 2026.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 29 Jan 2026

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are responsible for estimating the impact of Government policies on inflation. The OBR did not include an assessment on the contribution of tobacco excise duty to inflation in the November 2025 Econom...