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Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the alcohol duty freeze on pubs in South Shropshire.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
1 Nov 2024
Target answer date
5 Nov 2024
Answer
7 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the alcohol duty freeze on pubs in South Shropshire.

  2. 5 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Pubs and breweries make an enormous contribution to our economy and society, and this is recognised in the tax system. At the Budget, the Chancellor cut alcohol duty on qualifying draught products – approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. ...

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