To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his assessment of the median point of ABV of wine sold in the UK by volume over the last five years.
Answered by
Helen Whately Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 7th March 2022
The Government believes the proposed single duty rate for wine strikes an appropriate balance between the current duty rates on still, sparkling and fortified wine. Further detail about the impact of alcohol duty reforms on revenue, businesses and public health will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.