Question follow-through · 87370
Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising cider and beer duty.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising cider and beer duty.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
Alcohol duty on all products collectively raises over £12bn a year, helping to fund vital public services as well as reduce harmful drinking. The 2023 alcohol duty reforms brought much greater consistency of treatment between different types of alcohol. T...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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