Motor Vehicle and Hydrocarbon Oil Duties

HC Deb 05 December 1956 vol 561 cc144-5W

142. Mr. Slater

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much accrued to his Department from the proceeds of motor taxation and petrol taxation for the years 1951 to 1956.

Mr. H. Brooke

The receipts from these sources are as follows:

TABLE
Financial Year			Motor Vehicle Duties	Hydrocarbon Oil* Duties
			£m.	£m.
1950–51	…	…	61	144
1951–52	…	…	65	201
1952–53	…	…	68	275
1953–54	…	…	73	290
1954–55	…	…	79	305
1955–56	…	…	87	323
* Petrol is dutiable as a light hydrocarbon oil. These figures also include the revenue from duty on heavy oils used as fuel in road vehicles.