Beer Duty (Hansard, 15 January 2002)

§ Mr. Lidington
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assumption he has made in his forecasts for the revenue from beer duty of the rate of duty pass-on by retailers to their customers. [26454]

§ Mr. Boateng
Appendix Al of the Financial Statement and Budget Report 2000 details the assumption made regarding pass-on of excise duty by retailers to consumers. This assumption is unchanged.

§ Mr. Lidington
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the rate of beer duty on the volume of duty-paid imports from other EU countries. [26453]

§ Mr. Boateng
About 1 per cent, of all beer consumed in the UK has been legitimately bought duty-paid in another EU country. The impact of changes to the rate of beer duty on this volume appears to have been negligible.