§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much fuel duty has derived from the taxation of alternative fuels; and what percentage this represents of the total tax on road fuel, since the most recent Budget. [135651]
§ Mr. TimmsThe receipts of excise duty from 'gas for use as road fuel' between April and September 2000 are £1.6 million. This represents 0.01 per cent. of the total excise receipts for road fuels.
This represents a growth of over 160 per cent. on receipts from the similar period last year.