Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed increase on alcohol duty rates on (a) pubs and (b) breweries.

The Government keeps duty rates under review during its yearly budget process and aims to balance the impact on businesses with its public health objectives.

The alcohol duty uprating decision and interactions with the wider reforms to alcohol duties will be considered in due course.

At Autumn Statement 2022, the government announced it would extend and increase the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief from 50 per cent to 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business in 2023-24. This is a tax cut worth over £2 billion which is expected to benefit around 12,000 pubs.