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Drinks: Prices

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 29252

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the price of (a) non-alcoholic drinks and (b) alcoholic ones.

Answered by Emma Reynolds

The independent Office for National Statistics is responsible for measuring prices. Further information on the prices of commonly bought goods and services, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, can be found on the ONS’s shopping prices comparison tool.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/shoppingpricescomparisontool/2023-05-03

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