Written Question·Treasury·UIN 73028
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing draft duty relief for (a) consumers, (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
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 at a cost to the Exchequer of over £85m a year. Draught beer and cider now pa...
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