Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to link alcohol duty increases to inflation.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
The baseline assumption, shared by the Government and the Office for Budget Responsibility, is that alcohol duty will be increased annually in line with the Retail Price Index, so that it does not fall in real terms.
As with all taxes, the Government welcomes representations from stakeholders to inform policy development.
The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and her fiscal rules require day-to-day spending to be fully paid for through tax receipts.
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