Question follow-through · 95348
Spirits: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RPI-linked duty increases on consumer prices for spirits in pubs versus supermarkets.
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
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RPI-linked duty increases on consumer prices for spirits in pubs versus supermarkets.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
Alcohol duty is paid by producers, and is therefore not typically paid directly by pubs. Further, according to estimates derived from sales data collected on behalf of the Office for National Statistics, only around 15% of spirits are consumed on-trade. A...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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