Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

(asked on 13th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will support the UK's wine and spirit industry with further duty cuts in 2016.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 18th January 2016

The government continues to keep all taxes under review and decisions on tax policy are made by the Chancellor as part of the Budget process. Any changes to alcohol duties would need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses, public health and the distributional impact of reform.


The government is committed to supporting the UK wine andspirits industry. The duty onspirits was cut by 2% at March Budget 2015, building on the duty freeze at Budget 2014. The duty on wines below 22% abv has been frozen since March Budget 2015.

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