Written Question·Treasury·UIN 76488

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make changes to draft duty relief for (a) consumers, (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Mid Sussex 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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