Question follow-through · 83859
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to beer duty on the financial sustainability of (a) small and (b) independent breweries.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to beer duty on the financial sustainability of (a) small and (b) independent breweries.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
A new duty structure for alcoholic products was introduced in August 2023. This included a new Small Producer Relief (SPR) which replaced and extended the previous Small Brewers Relief. SPR provides vital support to smaller producers making 4500 hectolitr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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