Question follow-through · 12962
Whisky: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases on the duty for non-draught alcohol on the scotch whisky industry.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases on the duty for non-draught alcohol on the scotch whisky industry.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The overall alcohol package within the recent Budget balances commercial pressure on the alcohol industry with the need to raise revenue to address the £22 Billion blackhole caused by the decisions of the previous government. Increases on duty are in line...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Inverness Airport: Air Passenger Duty
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Aberdeen City Council: Energy
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Aberdeen City Council: Offshore Industry
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