Question follow-through · 92332
Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of cutting duty on draught beer and cider served in pubs.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of cutting duty on draught beer and cider served in pubs.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
At Autumn Budget 2024, the government cut alcohol duty rates on draught products by 1.7%, which applies to approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. This took a penny of duty off a typical strength pint at a cost to the Exchequer of over £85...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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