Written Question·Treasury·UIN 67766
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing draft duty relief for (a) consumers (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Poole constituency.
Answer
James MurrayThe Chancellor’s draught rate cut at Autumn Budget 2024 applied to approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. Draught beer and cider now pay 13.9% less in duty than their packaged equivalents – a 50% increase on the previous draught discount ...
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