PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Excise Duties (21 October 2024)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the level of excise duty on (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol on the (i) illicit and (ii) non-duty paid markets for these products.

Asked by:
Lee Anderson (Reform UK)

The approach used in costings certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility at Spring Budget 2024 does account for behavioural responses to changing excise duty rates, including the impact of illicit and non-duty paid markets.

Answered by:
James Murray (Labour)
29 October 2024