Tobacco: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 114048 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Kate Osborne
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026 to UIN 111207, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of applying the £2.20 one-off tobacco duty increase in addition to the RPI+2% escalator on CP
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 26 Feb 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 of the contribution of tobacco excise duty including the one-off increase to inflat...