§ Captain Pluggeasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the approximate proportion of the estimated total yield of £88,000,000 from taxation on road transport in this country during the financial year ending March next which will be paid in respect of commercial road vehicles and the fuel which they use?
§ Captain WallaceOf the estimated total yield of £88,000,000 during the current financial year, £52,000,000 represents the customs duty on imported oil used as fuel in road vehicles and £36,000,000 represents motor vehicle licence duties.
Of the licence duties it is estimated that £17,000,000 will be paid in respect of commercial vehicles, but there is no information available on which a reliable estimate can be formed of the oil duty payable in respect of fuel used by commercial vehicles as distinct from that used by other vehicles.