Tobacco: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 111207 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Kate Osborne
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s assessment of the impact of tobacco prices on CPI inflation in December 2025 on her (a) plan to apply an upra
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 12 Feb 2026
At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government renewed the commitment to a tobacco duty escalator, which increases duty by 2 per cent above RPI inflation at each Budget, until the end of the current Parliament. Budget 2025 announced tobacco duty will rise in line ...