Question follow-through · 43331
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the freeze on beer duty.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the freeze on beer duty.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
At the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor cut alcohol duty on qualifying draught products, including mostly draught beer – approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. This represents an overall reduction in duty bills of over £85m a year and is equ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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