Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

(asked on 1st February 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential financial benefit of increasing alcohol duty to reduce the cost of alcohol-related illness and harms to the NHS.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Agnew of Oulton
This question was answered on 15th February 2021

All taxes are kept under review and the impact of a change to alcohol duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect on health.

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