Written Question·Treasury·UIN 95348

Spirits: Excise Duties

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RPI-linked duty increases on consumer prices for spirits in pubs versus supermarkets.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Alcohol duty is paid by producers, and is therefore not typically paid directly by pubs. Further, according to estimates derived from sales data collected on behalf of the Office for National Statistics, only around 15% of spirits are consumed on-trade. A...

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