Question follow-through · 20036
Whisky: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total Treasury revenue generated from Scotch Whisky following the increase in duty in 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total Treasury revenue generated from Scotch Whisky following the increase in duty in 2024.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
At Autumn Budget 2024, the government announced alcohol duty rates on non-draught alcoholic products would be increased in line with RPI inflation, while duty rates for qualifying draught products were cut. This uprating took effect on 1 February 2025 HMR...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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