Written Question·Treasury·UIN 97312
Spirits: Excise Duties
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Question
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in spirit duty on trends in levels of pub closures.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonAlcohol 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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