Sep. 25 2023
Source Page: Future of cherished local pubs, museums and sports clubs secured with £12.3m levelling up boostFound: Future of cherished local pubs, museums and sports clubs secured with £12.3m levelling up boost
Mentions:
1: Jane Stevenson (Con - Wolverhampton North East) Our pubs are the lifeblood of the community. - Speech Link
2: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) I do not think that I have been to any of the pubs in the hon. - Speech Link
3: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) It employs about 500,000 people in pubs and bars across our towns and communities. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) The instrument sets out a Scottish pubs code for tied pubs. - Speech Link
2: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) sets the maximum penalty that can be imposed on the landlord of a tied pub for breaching the Scottish pubs - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: Grassroots music venuesFound: GMV0004 - Grassroots music venues The Old Abbey Taphouse (Steam Hubs & Pubs CIC) Written Evidence
Aug. 17 2023
Source Page: Government backs pubs to open earlier for World Cup FinalFound: Government backs pubs to open earlier for World Cup Final
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: High streets in towns and small citiesFound: by pubs every year for charity.
Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Penrith and The Border)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help support community pubs.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government values the important contribution that pubs make to our culture and the UK economy, including fostering a sense of place and community.
Under the new alcohol duty system, Draught Relief provides a 9.2% duty reduction on draught beer and cider products below 8.5% alcohol by volume. This ensures that there will always be a lower duty rate for draught products to recognise the value of our great British pubs. This means that every pint, in every pub across the UK pays less duty than their supermarket equivalent - this is the Government's Brexit Pubs Guarantee.
In addition, at Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced it will extend the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief scheme at 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. Around 230,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties, including pubs, will be eligible for this relief, a tax cut worth nearly £2.4bn.
The Government is also funding a wide range of community assets, including pubs, through the Community Ownership Fund. To date, the Fund has allocated £71.3m to 257 projects, including many rural pubs.
Mentions:
1: Steve Tuckwell (Con - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) , and especially our historic heritage pubs. - Speech Link
2: Steve Tuckwell (Con - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) One of the most distinctive and storied pubs is The Crown and Treaty, which is historic and entwined - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Friend also mentioned another important aspect of our country’s heritage: historic pubs. - Speech Link
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce duty charged on draught beer and cider served in pubs and taprooms by 20%.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
Draught Relief, introduced under this Government’s new alcohol duty system, provides a reduction in the duty on draught beer and cider by 9.2% and helps to level the playing field between pubs and supermarkets, allowing pubs and brewers to price their on-trade products more competitively. The Brexit Pubs Guarantee ensures that draught products will always be subject to lower duty than their supermarket equivalent.
The Government is unable to speculate on tax matters outside of fiscal events. As with all taxes, the Government keeps the alcohol duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.