Fuel Tax (Hansard, 22 January 2004)

§ Mr. James Gray
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the tax revenue which would be lost if the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs target for conversion of petrol cars to liquid petroleum gas was achieved. [149279]

§ John Healey
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs does not have a target for conversion of petrol cars to liquid petroleum gas.

§ Mr. Gray
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised in the last financial year from(a) four star petrol, (b) unleaded petrol and (c) liquid petroleum gas used in vehicles. [149278]

§ John Healey
The revenue raised by the Exchequer from fuel duties is published by HM Customs and Excise at www.uktradeinfo.com in the Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin. The amounts for financial year 2002–03 are

(a)1.6 million from leaded petrol¹;

(b)10.7 million from unleaded petrol;

(c)8.1 million from road fuel gases²

¹ Revenue from leaded petrol is approximately equivalent to that from four star but includes other grades. ² Revenue from road fuel gases includes that from liquid petroleum gas (approximately 96 per cent.) and compressed natural gas (approximately 4 per cent.).