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date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had on alcohol duty with representatives of (i) the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, (ii) the Scotch Whisky Association, (iii) the British Beer and Pub Association, (iv) Diageo, (v) SAB Miller and (vi) the Portman Group between 1 November 2014 and 18 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	228414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury Ministers and officials discuss a variety of issues with a range of industry stakeholders throughout the year, including between the dates outlined in the question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/03/2015 17:00:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

228499

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department had with alcohol companies and their representative organisations on alcohol duty between 1 November 2014 and 18 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	228429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury Ministers and officials discuss a variety of issues with a range of industry stakeholders throughout the year, including between the dates outlined in the question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/03/2015 17:01:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

228681

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of likely changes in alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom as a result of changes to alcohol duty in the 2015 Budget.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL5863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The effect of alcohol consumption is referred to in the policy costing note on alcohol duties published at Budget 2015, available at the gov.uk website<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 26/03/2015 14:11:59 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

228682

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to counter the expected increase in alcohol consumption following cuts in alcohol duty in the 2015 Budget, as implied by the HM Treasury Policy Costings calculations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL5864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises the health and social harms associated with those who consume excess alcohol. The government has therefore taken targeted action through the alcohol duty system to encourage responsible alcohol consumption. For example, the government increased duty on super strength lager.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking other action to reduce alcohol related harms. This includes the creation of 20 Local Alcohol Action Areas with the aim of reducing alcohol health and crime harms by encouraging partnerships between industry, local agencies and the voluntary sector. Licensing changes have also been made to help tackle irresponsible alcohol consumption. For example, Local Councils have been given the ability to collect a Late Night Levy from alcohol retailers to contribute towards the cost of policing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 26/03/2015 13:52:13 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town