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date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Spirits: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of growth potential for UK spirits exports to international markets.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	151145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Our Free Trade Agreements are unlocking new opportunities for our drink sector. Alcohol and other high-end goods are serving existing and rapidly expanding middle class markets in East Asia, South East Asia, Asia Pacific and the Gulf. Embracing these fast-growing markets will ensure our drink producers always have somewhere to sell their produce and be better prepared for the future.</p><p> </p><p>Our Free Trade Agreement with Australia will remove tariffs on all products, including UK whisky. This could provide a boost to whisky exports to Australia, already worth £115 million last year.</p><p> </p><p>A trade agreement with India could also boost whisky exports. Annual duties on UK whisky exports to India were estimated be around £164 million based on 2019 trade data.</p><p> </p><p>The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a growing market for UK food and drinks and joining CPTPP could provide greater opportunities to sell our highly competitive products. UK wine exports to CPTPP members more than doubled between 2016 and 2021 whilst exports in UK gin increased by almost 50%.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 25/04/2022 15:06:51 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1456338

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Spirits: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the annual value of UK (a) whisky, (b) gin, (c) vodka and (d) rum exports.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	151147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>British food and drink are among the best in the world and renowned for their quality and provenance including spirits which are a key export product for the UK. In 2021, the UK’s largest food and drink export was whisky which amounted to £4.6bn. In 2021, UK exports of gin and geneva to the world amounted to £541.6m, vodka £40.4m and rum £55.0m. Trade data related to “spirits – beverages” is publicly available on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uktradeinfo.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csatvinder.juttla%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cdd311c480fb9411288d808d9f5f406b0%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637811250687686240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=rKB3ATdT6AxnuRNmLzNDCjdMPPUi8XKTNq0emWZeK6g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a> under commodity code heading 22 of the Trade Tariff.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 25/04/2022 13:52:33 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1422025

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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 steps he plans to take to support the Scotch whisky industry through proposals to reform alcohol taxation.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	122692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced several changes to alcohol duty that will support the Scotch Whisky sector. At the Budget, spirits duty was frozen, making freezes continuous since 2017. As part of our alcohol duty review, the Government intends to move to a system where all products are taxed in reference to the litres of pure alcohol they contain, making the taxation of other products more consistent with Scotch. Above 8.5% ABV there is to be no differentiation between product categories, providing a more level playing field between spirits and other products. These changes will narrow the difference between Scotch, wines and high-strength ciders.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail about the impact of reforms on consumers will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 122693 122694 question first answered 21/02/2022 14:42:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1422027

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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 comparative assessment he has made of the effect on the costs to (a) beer and (b) whisky consumers of proposed reforms to alcohol taxation.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	122693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced several changes to alcohol duty that will support the Scotch Whisky sector. At the Budget, spirits duty was frozen, making freezes continuous since 2017. As part of our alcohol duty review, the Government intends to move to a system where all products are taxed in reference to the litres of pure alcohol they contain, making the taxation of other products more consistent with Scotch. Above 8.5% ABV there is to be no differentiation between product categories, providing a more level playing field between spirits and other products. These changes will narrow the difference between Scotch, wines and high-strength ciders.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail about the impact of reforms on consumers will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 122692 122694 question first answered 21/02/2022 14:42:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1422029

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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 assessment he has made of the compatibility of alcohol taxation reforms with the Government's commitment that reform will support the Scotch whisky industry and the jobs its maintains.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	122694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced several changes to alcohol duty that will support the Scotch Whisky sector. At the Budget, spirits duty was frozen, making freezes continuous since 2017. As part of our alcohol duty review, the Government intends to move to a system where all products are taxed in reference to the litres of pure alcohol they contain, making the taxation of other products more consistent with Scotch. Above 8.5% ABV there is to be no differentiation between product categories, providing a more level playing field between spirits and other products. These changes will narrow the difference between Scotch, wines and high-strength ciders.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail about the impact of reforms on consumers will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 122692 122693 question first answered 21/02/2022 14:42:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes