§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the average retail price of petrol per litre in each country of the European Union, the tax element in these prices and the proportion of the final price accounted for by taxation in each case. [70762]
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§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 15 February 1999]: The information requested for unleaded petrol prices in mid-December 1998 is as follows:
Average price. (pence per litre)
Total Of which taxes Percentage of tax United Kingdom 63.9 53.5 83.7 Austria 54.7 38.2 69.9 Belgium 58.5 45.7 78.2 Denmark 56.3 43.0 76.4 Finland 61.0 50.3 82.5 France 62.7 52.1 83.1 Germany 55.4 42.8 77.3 Greece 41.1 28.3 68.8 Ireland 51.3 35.5 69.1 Italy 62.0 47.4 76.4 Luxembourg 42.6 28.9 67.9 Netherlands 64.3 49.9 77.6 Portugal 54.9 40.8 74.4 Spain 44.1 31.7 71.8 Sweden 58.5 44.7 76.4