Fuel Tax (Public Service Vehicles)

HC Deb 08 February 1966 vol 724 cc37-8W

Mr. Ted Fletcher

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to the Exchequer if the tax on fuel used by public service vehicles was abolished.

Mr. MacDermot

About £30 million a year. This is in addition to the exist- ing relief, worth about £5 million a year, given to bus operators under Section 92 of the Finance Act, 1965.