Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March to Question 167167 on Spirits: Excise Duties and with reference to Table 4.1 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, if he will make an assessment of the Exchequer impacts of the August 2023 increase in duty in spirits for (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26, (d) 2026-27 and (e) 2027-28.

From 1 August 2023, the new alcohol duty system will not distinguish between alcohol categories, and there will not be a spirits duty. All alcohol between 8.5% and 22% ABV will pay a duty rate of £28.50 per litre of pure alcohol, and all alcohol above 22% will pay a duty rate of £31.64.

Exchequer impacts of this measure are set out in Table 4.1 of Spring Budget 2023 and have been certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility. More details can be found in the policy costings document published alongside Spring Budget 2023.