Question follow-through · 41143
Public Houses: Costs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost to pubs of (a) the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, (b) VAT and (c) beer duty compared to other major European countries.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost to pubs of (a) the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, (b) VAT and (c) beer duty compared to other major European countries.
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
Policies related to packaging alcohol taxation vary between European countries. In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers. It has worked closely with industry, inclu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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