Tobacco: Excise Duties — Written Question

Question

Kate Osborne

Labour — Jarrow and Gateshead East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026 to UIN 111207, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of applying the £2.20 one-off tobacco duty increase in addition to the RPI+2% escalator on CP

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 of the contribution of tobacco excise duty including the one-off increase to inflat...

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