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Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the level of beer duty rates between the UK and the European average.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the level of beer duty rates between the UK and the European average.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    A Tax Information and Impact Note was published alongside the changes to alcohol duty announced at Autumn Budget. This is available here: Alcohol Duty uprating - GOV.UKThe alcohol duty cut on qualifying draught products impacts approximately 60% of the al...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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