Written Question·Treasury·UIN 71122

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing draft duty relief for (a) consumers, (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Twickenham constituency.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The 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 at a cost to the Exchequer of over £85m a year.  Draught beer and cider now pa...

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