Written Question·Treasury·UIN 108187

Tobacco: Excise Duties

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of CPI inflation on the proposed change in tobacco duty on 1 October 2026.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are responsible for estimating the impact of Government policies on inflation. The OBR did not include an assessment on the contribution of tobacco excise duty to inflation in the November 2025 Econom...

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