Question follow-through · 48050

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact recent discussions with representatives from the (a) pub and (b) brewing industries on (i) the levels of duty payable on beer and (ii) fiscal support for those industries have had on her policy decisions

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
28 Apr 2025
Answer
1 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact recent discussions with representatives from the (a) pub and (b) brewing industries on (i) the levels of duty payable on beer and (ii) fiscal support for those industries have had on her policy decisions

  2. 28 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 May 2025

    Answer published

    Treasury ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on departmental business are pub...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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