Written Question·Treasury·UIN 104061

Drinks: Taxation

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates, (b) VAT thresholds (c) Employer National Insurance Contributions and (d) other employer costs on non-alcoholic drink price infla

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Forecasting the economy, including the impact of Government policy decisions on inflation, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR set out its assessment of policy measures in its Autumn Budget 2025 publish...

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