Written question asked by Carolyn Harris (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 October 2018. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 November 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue has accrued to the public purse in taxation on (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits since the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme in 2017.

Answer

The Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme was introduced as one of a number of HMRC initiatives to tackle alcohol excise duty fraud. HMRC assesses all applications to ascertain whether the business and key persons within it are fit and proper for approval.

Approved businesses are monitored to ensure compliance with the scheme and to minimise the risk of illicit alcohol entering the wholesale market. To date HMRC has approved approximately 8000 businesses and over 800 applications have been refused.

HMRC publishes alcohol receipts on a monthly basis on the UK Trade Info website. Multiple factors influence revenue receipts. Therefore, HMRC is unable to directly attribute any increases to introduction of the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 183445
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Beer Excise duties Registration Sales Wines Spirits Wholesale trade
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

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