Written Question·Treasury·UIN 70193
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Aphra Brandreth
Conservative — Chester South and Eddisbury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of draft duty relief.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe Chancellor’s draught rate cut at Autumn Budget 2024 applied to approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. This took a penny of duty off a typical strength pint.Draught beer and cider now pay 13.9% less in duty than their packaged equivale...
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