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UIN 92703
Spirits: Excise Duties
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19 November 2025
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28 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of UK spirits duty rates for the on-trade compared to equivalent rates in (a) Ireland, (b) France, (c) Germany, and (d) other EU member states.
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19 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of UK spirits duty rates for the on-trade compared to equivalent rates in (a) Ireland, (b) France, (c) Germany, and (d) other EU member states.
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28 November 2025
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The UK’s alcohol duty system balances protecting the public finances and promoting health. There is significant variation in alcohol taxation policy amongst European countries. The World Health Organization recently published a comparison of alcohol taxes...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-19/92703
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1854471
- uk · wq-1854471 · source updated 28 November 2025