Written Question·Treasury·UIN 94394
Spirits: Excise Duties
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of spirits duty on the ability of pubs to compete with off-trade retailers.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonAt Autumn Budget 2025 the Chancellor confirmed that alcohol duty will be uprated on 1 February 2026 to main its current real-terms value. The government does not expect this to have any significant impact to GDP, nor competition between the on and off tra...
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