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	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: 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 potential merits of a reduction in beer duty for the independent brewery sector for the rest of the 2020-21 financial year, in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	75414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Treasury froze beer duty at the recent Budget. This means that the beer duty rate is the same in 2020-21 as in 2019-20. Thanks to decisions by this Government, the beer duty rate has been unchanged since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury keeps all taxes, including beer duty, under review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/07/2020 10:51:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1361456

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to provide to small breweries to deal with additional costs from the proposed changes to Small Brewers Relief.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	58984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury committed to reforming Small Brewers Relief (SBR) and our review of SBR is ongoing. A technical consultation was launched in January this year to help inform the Government’s review. The consultation document provides further information on the Government’s assessment of changes and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury believe that reducing the starting taper from 5,000 to 2,100 hectolitres (880,000 pints a year to 370,000 pints a year) strikes a balance between guaranteeing the full value of the relief for truly small breweries, while providing those between the 2,100 to 5,000 hectolitres threshold a smoother transition to the main duty rate. Officials are continuing to work closely with HM Revenue and Customs to deliver a relief that is sustainable and supports brewers of all sizes in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our response to the technical consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 58985 question first answered 26/10/2021 08:40:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1361457

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: 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 impact of changes to Small Brewers Relief on small breweries.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	58985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury committed to reforming Small Brewers Relief (SBR) and our review of SBR is ongoing. A technical consultation was launched in January this year to help inform the Government’s review. The consultation document provides further information on the Government’s assessment of changes and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury believe that reducing the starting taper from 5,000 to 2,100 hectolitres (880,000 pints a year to 370,000 pints a year) strikes a balance between guaranteeing the full value of the relief for truly small breweries, while providing those between the 2,100 to 5,000 hectolitres threshold a smoother transition to the main duty rate. Officials are continuing to work closely with HM Revenue and Customs to deliver a relief that is sustainable and supports brewers of all sizes in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our response to the technical consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 58984 question first answered 26/10/2021 08:40:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse