HC Deb 28 January 1957 vol 563 c122W
Mr. Awbery

asked the Paymaster-General the additional amount received by the petrol companies as the result of the 5d. increase per gallon of petrol approved by him, in respect of the normal load of oil caried in a 20,000-ton tanker; and what proportion of this amount is attributable to production and distribution charges, respectively.

Mr. Maudling

Of the surcharge of 5d. per gallon the oil companies receive 3½d. On the basis of an average yield of 65 gallons of petrol per ton of crude oil this would amount to £17,000 on the 18,500 tons of crude normally carried by a 20,000 ton tanker. The hon. Member will find details of the additional charges approved by my right hon. Friend in the Answer he gave on 17th December, 1956.