Petrol Prices (Hansard, 13 February 1990)

§ Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the average equivalent pump price per litre and per gallon of(a) diesel, (b) leaded petrol and (c) unleaded petrol for each month since January 1989 (i) excluding Government taxes and duties, (ii) excluding Government taxes and duties and retailers' margin and (iii) including all Government taxes and duties, in the

Price in Pence/Litre
	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October
PUMP PRICE OF DIESEL
Excluding government taxes and duties
Belgium	12.10	11.54	11.86	12.84	12.37	13.07	12.81	12.98	14.33	15.13
Denmark	14.78	14.46	13.69	15.16	14.49	15.06	14.66	15.09	14.50	16.86
West Germany	10.77	11.16	11.26	13.04	11.81	10.99	11.28	12.18	13.40	13.57
Greece	10.04	8.97	9.23	10.47	10.47	10.78	10.00	10.10	11.28	12.93
Spain	12.52	12.66	12.52	13.73	13.48	13.72	13.04	13.26	13.91	14.73
France	11.23	11.21	11.65	12.63	12.42	12.34	11.37	11.40	11.76	n/a
Ireland	14.57	15.72	15.71	15.85	16.08	16.69	16.62	17.54	18.15	19.60
Italy	11.71	11.74	11.89	13.23	13.34	12.84	12.20	12.40	12.78	14.11
Luxembourg	11.46	11.46	11.65	12.17	12.17	12.60	12.56	12.66	12.61	13.92
Netherlands	12.53	12.08	12.27	13.08	12.00	12.75	12.31	13.76	13.97	15.50
Portugal	11.74	12.75	13.31	13.62	13.66	16.23	16.54	16.30	14.63	16.04
United Kingdom	12.42	13.17	13.22	14.08	14.06	13.95	13.90	13.75	14.02	15.17
Including government taxes and duties
Belgium	26.18	25.49	26.07	27.40	26.81	28.10	27.73	29.99	31.61	33.25
Denmark	35.68	35.20	34.47	36.51	35.66	37.07	36.48	37.15	36.34	40.13
West Germany	27.77	28.25	28.60	30.81	29.36	29.05	29.27	30.43	31.73	32.77
Greece	13.84	13.76	13.86	13.85	13.85	14.26	14.07	14.22	14.11	14.38
Spain	26.94	27.14	27.47	27.80	27.71	27.91	30.49	30.82	30.73	31.61
France	30.08	30.09	30.95	32.29	32.05	32.57	31.31	31.55	31.93	n/a
Ireland	41.04	42.45	42.81	43.19	43.50	45.15	44.96	46.24	46.88	49.85
Italy	31.45	31.53	32.43	33.32	33.58	35.08	34.79	35.36	35.74	40.17
Luxembourg	19.88	19.89	20.21	20.86	20.85	21.60	21.53	21.70	21.61	23.42
Netherlands	24.03	23.51	23.88	24.92	23.65	24.92	24.30	26.10	26.32	28.62
Portugal	27.68	27.68	27.95	28.13	28.11	28.99	28.69	32.83	32.66	33.53
United Kingdom	34.17	35.03	35.09	36.08	36.05	35.93	35.86	35.70	36.00	37.33
PUMP PRICE OF PREMIUM GASOLINE
Excluding government taxes and duties
Belgium	12.41	13.11	13.22	16.72	17.68	16.09	14.56	13.92	15.62	16.10
Denmark	12.61	13.37	13.93	16.58	17.79	17.54	15.92	15.01	14.82	16.57
West Germany	11.11	12.08	12.32	16.49	16.30	15.26	14.01	13.65	14.96	14.94
Greece	9.85	10.38	11.05	13.99	13.99	14.40	13.07	13.21	12.78	13.38
Spain	12.26	12.87	13.31	14.66	14.64	14.75	15.39	14.20	14.76	15.41
France	10.24	10.34	10.90	13.75	14.96	14.77	13.00	12.08	12.05	n/a
Ireland	14.36	14.11	14.49	14.61	16.45	17.07	17.00	16.81	17.14	18.40
Italy	12.34	12.37	13.03	15.73	16.46	17.37	15.79	14.82	14.77	15.73
Luxembourg	12.85	12.85	14.02	15.74	16.94	17.54	17.07	16.37	16.31	16.48
Netherlands	12.86	13.55	14.53	17.96	17.49	17.56	15.50	15.85	16.02	16.81
Portugal	13.68	14.32	14.28	15.62	15.37	18.24	18.79	18.94	17.44	19.38
United Kingdom	11.86	12.86	13.34	15.33	16.80	16.69	15.64	14.27	15.03	15.11
Including government taxes and duties
Belgium	37.44	38.32	38.82	43.41	44.60	43.42	41.44	42.38	44.41	46.15
Denmark	52.06	52.83	54.01	57.76	59.22	59.54	57.36	56.48	56.09	60.03
West Germany	35.36	36.47	37.11	42.09	41.85	41.59	39.99	39.76	40.98	42.38
Greece	28.42	28.25	28.47	28.44	28.44	29.28	28.90	29.20	28.98	29.52
Spain	36.25	36.52	36.96	37.40	37.29	37.55	40.83	41.26	41.14	42.32
France	44.63	44.89	46.19	49.95	51.38	52.36	50.06	49.35	49.22	n/a
Ireland	48.10	48.65	49.63	50.06	52.40	54.38	54.16	54.09	54.34	57.49
Italy	56.80	56.95	57.66	58.25	58.71	61.32	60.82	61.81	61.61	66.17
Luxembourg	30.70	30.71	32.28	34.36	35.71	36.98	36.41	35.75	35.61	36.60
Netherlands	42.58	43.44	44.95	49.28	48.74	50.71	48.03	48.67	48.77	51.18
Portugal	44.51	44.51	44.94	45.23	45.21	46.61	46.13	50.81	50.55	51.90
United Kingdom	37.14	38.30	38.85	41.14	42.83	42.70	41.49	39.92	40.79	40.89

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manner of his answer to the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter), of 27 July 1989, Official Report, columns 807–08.

§ Mr. Peter Morrison

The Department of Energy does not have data on retailers' margins. Figures from the Commission of the European Communities on the pump price of diesel and on premium grade leaded petrol are given for each month of 1989 available at present. Comparable figures for unleaded are not available.

The figures are as follows:

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Pump Price in Pence/Gallon
	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October
PUMP PRICE OF DIESEL
Excluding government taxes and duties
Belgium	55.01	52.47	53.93	58.37	56.24	59.44	58.24	59.02	65.13	68.79
Denmark	67.20	65.72	62.22	68.90	65.87	68.47	66.64	68.61	65.90	76.67
West Germany	48.98	50.71	51.20	59.28	53.67	49.97	51.30	55.38	60.91	61.70
Greece	45.64	40.79	41.98	47.61	47.62	49.02	45.45	45.93	51.27	58.78
Spain	56.90	57.57	56.93	62.43	61.30	62.39	59.26	60.27	63.25	66.96
France	51.03	50.96	52.97	57.40	56.47	56.09	51.71	51.85	53.46	n/a
Ireland	66.25	71.46	71.44	72.06	73.09	75.86	75.54	79.73	82.50	89.09
Italy	53.26	53.39	54.07	60.15	60.63	58.37	55.46	56.36	58.08	64.15
Luxembourg	52.10	52.11	52.97	55.32	55.31	57.29	57.12	57.55	57.33	63.30
Netherlands	56.97	54.92	55.79	59.48	54.58	57.96	55.96	62.56	63.49	70.48
Portugal	53.36	57.96	60.49	61.93	62.12	73.77	75.19	74.09	66.49	72.94
United Kingdom	56.46	59.82	59.87	63.87	63.91	63.41	63.18	62.50	63.73	68.96
Including government taxes and duties
Belgium	119.02	115.86	118.52	124.55	121.88	127.72	126.06	136.32	143.71	151.16
Denmark	162.21	160.00	156.69	165.99	162.11	168.52	165.86	168.87	165.18	182.45
West Germany	126.23	128.40	130.02	140.04	133.46	132.07	133.05	138.36	144.23	148.97
Greece	62.92	62.55	63.03	62.96	62.97	64.83	63.98	64.66	64.15	65.35
Spain	122.49	123.39	124.89	126.38	125.99	126.89	138.61	140.10	139.69	143.69
France	136.77	136.80	140.70	146.80	145.69	148.06	142.36	143.41	145.14	n/a
Ireland	186.57	192.97	194.63	196.32	197.76	205.25	204.41	210.21	213.12	226.63
Italy	142.97	143.34	147.44	151.48	152.68	159.47	158.16	160.75	162.49	182.61
Luxembourg	90.38	90.40	91.89	94.81	94.80	98.19	97.90	98.64	98.25	106.49
Netherlands	109.25	106.88	108.57	113.27	107.50	113.28	110.48	118.67	119.64	130.09
Portugal	125.83	125.82	127.06	127.88	127.80	131.77	130.41	149.24	148.48	152.44
United Kingdom	155.34	159.18	159.23	164.00	163.91	163.33	163.04	162.28	163.64	169.70
PUMP PRICE OF PREMIUM GASOLINE
Excluding government taxes and duties
Belgium	56.41	59.61	60.11	76.01	80.37	73.13	66.20	63.27	71.03	73.18
Denmark	57.32	60.79	63.35	75.36	80.87	79.76	72.38	68.25	67.37	75.32
West Germany	50.51	54.89	56.01	74.97	74.08	69.39	63.68	62.06	68.01	67.91
Greece	44.77	47.21	50.24	63.60	63.61	65.49	59.41	60.04	58.09	60.83
Spain	55.75	58.52	60.49	66.62	66.57	67.06	69.98	64.56	67.10	70.07
France	46.54	46.99	49.54	62.51	67.99	67.15	59.10	54.92	54.77	n/a
Ireland	65.27	64.15	65.85	66.42	74.77	77.60	77.28	76.41	77.93	83.64
Italy	56.09	56.23	59.23	71.53	74.84	78.97	71.76	67.37	67.15	71.49
Luxembourg	58.41	58.43	63.72	71.55	77.00	79.76	77.61	74.44	74.15	74.91
Netherlands	58.45	61.58	66.07	81.63	79.52	79.82	70.47	72.04	72.81	76.40
Portugal	62.20	65.08	64.91	71.00	69.89	82.92	85.41	86.09	79.29	88.09
United Kingdom	53.92	58.45	60.64	69.68	76.36	75.87	71.09	64.86	68.32	68.69
Including government taxes and duties
Belgium	170.19	174.22	176.49	197.33	202.78	197.38	188.40	192.66	201.88	209.80
Denmark	236.66	240.18	245.56	262.57	269.20	270.70	260.76	256.74	255.01	272.88
West Germany	160.75	165.77	168.71	191.34	190.25	189.05	181.80	180.75	186.30	192.64
Greece	129.21	128.44	129.42	129.29	129.31	133.13	131.37	132.77	131.73	134.20
Spain	164.81	166.02	168.04	170.04	169.52	170.72	185.60	187.59	187.04	192.40
France	202.90	20.406	209.99	22.708	233.57	23.803	227.57	224.35	223.75	n/a
Ireland	218.65	22.117	225.60	227.56	238.21	247.23	246.21	245.89	247.06	261.36
Italy	258.23	258.88	262.11	264.81	266.90	278.77	276.47	281.00	280.09	300.83
Luxembourg	139.56	139.59	146.76	156.20	162.33	168.13	165.51	162.51	161.88	166.39
Netherlands	193.59	197.47	204.35	22.402	221.59	230.51	218.34	221.27	221.70	232.65
Portugal	202.35	202.33	204.32	205.64	205.53	211.91	209.71	230.97	229.79	235.92
United Kingdom	168.84	174.12	176.60	187.03	194.71	194.10	188.63	181.48	185.42	185.88