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date	10/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Government has of the effect of the alcohol duty freeze on (a) public health and (b) alcohol-related deaths.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	262346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes, including alcohol duties, under review.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has assessed that the increase in alcohol duty rates in line with inflation at the last budget is likely to lead to a minor decrease in overall alcohol consumption in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the impact of the alcohol duty changes can be found on the associated Tax Information and Impact Note, published in October 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increase-in-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-uprating" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increase-in-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-uprating</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/06/2019 15:56:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

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date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to table the increased affordability of alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	201157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The price of alcoholic drinks is a matter for businesses and consumers. However policies such as alcohol duty can have an impact, for example to address the issue of overconsumption of cheaper so-called “white cider” the government is legislating in the current Finance Bill for a new, higher, rate of duty.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes, including alcohol duty, under review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/12/2018 13:33:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce