Written Question·Treasury·UIN 94397

Spirits: Excise Duties

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will conduct a review of the potential impact of spirits duty policy on the on-trade sector.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
At 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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