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Beer: Excise Duties

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 38465

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 35862 on Beer: Excise Duties, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of variations in (a) beer and (b) other alcohol taxation policy in the (i) UK and (ii) Europe.

Answered by James Murray

A Tax Information and Impact Note was published alongside the changes to alcohol duty announced at Autumn Budget. This is available here: Alcohol Duty uprating - GOV.UK

As with all taxes, the Government keeps alcohol duty rates under review during its Budget process.

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