§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will indicate the levels of tax payable by way of duty and VAT on the current average price of a litre of(a) unleaded, (b) diesel and (c) leaded fuel in (i) the UK and (ii) each other EU state. [72294]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 22 February 1999]I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Essex, North (Mr. Jenkin) on 10 November 1998,Official Report, columns 152–53.
242WThe levels of tax payable by way of duty and VAT on the current average price of a litre of (a) unleaded, (b) diesel and (c) leaded fuel in (i) the UK and (ii) each other EU state are:
Pence per litre Unleaded petrol Standard diesel Leaded petrol Duty VAT Duty VAT Duty VAT Austria 29.08 8.95 20.33 6.93 n/a n/a Belgium 35.58 10.01 20.35 6.89 39.67 10.92 Denmark 31.77 12.11 21.59 8.32 n/a n/a Finland 39.27 10.76 21.37 7.79 n/a n/a France 41.36 10.52 26.02 7.43 44.28 11.07 Germany 35.15 7.54 22.24 5.37 25.42 6.85 Greece 22.00 6.33 17.73 5.04 25.42 6.85 Ireland 26.57 8.49 23.16 8.02 32.20 10.16 Italy 37.04 10.28 27.08 8.15 40.27 10.76 Luxembourg 24.37 4.46 17.74 4.40 28.02 6.16 Netherlands 40.32 9.66 23.77 6.49 n/a n/a Portugal 32.85 8.06 19.73 5.50 36.07 8.36 Spain 25.61 6.09 18.60 4.95 27.89 6.55 Sweden 33.18 12.16 19.83 9.41 n/a n/a United Kingdom 43.99 9.44 44.99 9.61 49.26 10.43 The Excise duty rate in the United Kingdom for low sulphur diesel is 42.99 pence per litre, and the VAT on the current average price is 9.76 pence per litre.Rates of excise duty and VAT on low sulphur diesel are not available for the countries of the European Union other than the United Kingdom.