§ Sir Brian MawhinneyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average retail price per litre of diesel fuel two weeks(a) before his 1999 Budget and (b) after his 2000 Budget; and in each case how much of the price was attributable to (i) fuel duty and (ii) VAT. [125195]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 9 June 2000]The retail price and duty rate for diesel fuel in February 1999 are published in Tables 9.14 and 9.16 in the Department of Trade and Industry publication "Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1999".
461WThe average retail price for a litre of diesel fuel in April 2000 was 81.07p. The duty rate is 48.82p per litre.
The rate of VAT for diesel fuel is 17.5 per cent..