Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether changes to alcohol duty have increased revenue.

At Budget 2025 the Chancellor announced that alcohol duty would be kept constant in real terms by uprating it in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) on 1 February 2026. The government does not expect this to increase revenue in excess of the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast, which assumes that alcohol duty will be uprated annually.

HMRC’s alcohol duty receipts bulletin can be found here:

Alcohol Bulletin commentary (February 2026 to April 2026) - GOV.UK