United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97312
Spirits: Excise Duties
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4 December 2025
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11 December 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in spirit duty on trends in levels of pub closures.
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4 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in spirit duty on trends in levels of pub closures.
Source: Commons
11 December 2025
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-04/97312
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1860359
- uk · wq-1860359 · source updated 11 December 2025