Written Question·Treasury·UIN 94981
Beer: Excise Duties
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she has made an assessment of the impact of reducing beer duty by 5% across (a) draught, (b) packaged and (c) lower-strength beer on (i) growth and (ii) investment in the sector.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonAt Autumn Budget 2025 the Chancellor confirmed that alcohol duty will be uprated by Retail Price Index (RPI) on 1 February 2026 to main its current real-terms value. The government considers uprating to be a prudent decision for the public finances that b...
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