Question follow-through · 78762
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of changes to alcohol duty reforms on the (a) pub and (b) hospitality sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of changes to alcohol duty reforms on the (a) pub and (b) hospitality sector.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
Following public consultation, a new duty structure for alcohol products was introduced in August 2023. The alcohol duty system taxes all alcohol products according to their strength, so the duty owed increases with alcohol content. The system is also pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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