Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
2026-06-07 · Treasury · 7468 · Official question
Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether changes to alcohol duty have increased revenue.
Answer
At Budget 2025 the Chancellor announced that alcohol duty would be kept constant in real terms by uprating it in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) on 1 February 2026. The government does not expect this to increase revenue in excess of the Office for...