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Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 18 April 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue HM Treasury raised through the duty on (a) cider, (b) sparkling cider, (c) beer, (d) wine, (e) sparkling wine and (f) spirits in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (130520)

The total duty receipts by type of alcohols products (cider, beer, wine and spirits) can be found in the HM Revenue and Customs ‘Beer & Cider Bulletin’, ‘Wine of Fresh Grapes or Made Wine Bulletin’ and ‘Spirits Bulletin’, which are available from the HM Revenue and Customs website addresses at:

http://www.uktradeinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?task=bullbeer

http://www.uktradeinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?task=bullfreshgrape

http://www.uktradeinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?task=bullmadewine

http://www.uktradeinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?task=bullspirits

HM Revenue and Customs only collects total duty receipts for alcohol products and does not split the receipts into still or sparkling alcohol products.