§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amount of each class
Class Quantity Receipts of Duty Gallons £ Oils chargeable with Customs duty Light Oils: 2,190,045,736 *273,778,739 of which motor (including aviation) spirit (2,140,523,206) (267,559,121) Heavy Oils: For use as road fuel 538,168,300 67,271,514 Other (mainly lubricating oils) 175,680,122 732,001 Oils chargeable with Excise duty Light Oils: 116,893,067 7,314,099 of which motor (including aviation) spirit (61,889,948) (3,869,628) Heavy Oils for use as road fuel 22,489,768 1,405,611 Total 350,501,964 Allowance on certain home-produced oils used in approved refineries as raw material for chemical synthesis 4,428,996 Net Total 346,072,968 These particulars relate to oil subject to a net liability to Customs or Excise duty: comparable figures are not available in respect of heavy oils for which the duty is wholly rebated. * Includes £30,654 in respect of light oils contained in composite goods on which oil duty was charged at a flat rate under the Composite Goods Orders, 1957, and 1958, and for which information as to the quantity of oil is not available