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Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts of long-term alcohol consumption trends; and what assessment she has made of the potential im
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts of long-term alcohol consumption trends; and what assessment she has made of the potential im
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2024
Answer published
The OBR recently reviewed its forecasts of tax receipts from alcohol duty and commented on this in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published in October. Its updated forecast reflects lower-than-anticipated alcohol consumption in 2024-25, and a reduction ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Farms: Council Tax
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Charities: Government Assistance
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Fishing Vessels: Business Rates
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Property Management Companies: Bank Services
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Public Houses: Business Rates
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