Spirits: Excise Duties
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the proportion of spirits duty revenue generated from UK-produced spirits sold in pubs.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
HMRC does not hold data on alcohol duty paid on alcohol sold in pubs. Alcohol duty is paid at the point of production or import and would not generally be paid directly by pubs.
Statistics on alcohol duty are published in the Alcohol Bulletin - GOV.UK.
Estimates derived from sales data collected on behalf of the Office for National Statistics for the period 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025 indicate around 15% of spirits are consumed on-trade and around 85% off-trade.
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