§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the effective annual increase in road fuel duty following the July 1997 and March 1998 increases. [36357]
§ Dawn PrimaroloFollowing the March 1998 Budget, road fuel duty rates are 8.8 per cent. higher in real terms than the (volume weighted) average of the rates in 1997–98.
148WThe above increase is additional to the increase in RPI, currently 3.2 per cent. per year.