Written Question·Treasury·UIN 95616
Tobacco: Excise Duties
Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason tobacco duty increased above the rate of inflation in the Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonAt Autumn Budget 2024, the Government renewed the commitment to a tobacco duty escalator, which increases duty by 2 percent above RPI inflation at each Budget, until the end of the current Parliament. At Autumn Budget 2025, the duty on all tobacco product...
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