§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the average figures for European unleaded petrol prices for each country of the European Union in pence per litre, with the amount of tax paid and the percentage of tax this represents. [129285]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe latest available information for premium unleaded petrol prices and taxes is for April 2000 and is as shown.
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European Unleaded Petrol Prices1 Prices as at mid April 2000 (Pence per litre2) (Percentage) Pump Price Amount of Tax Tax Component Austria 56.10 34.50 61.5 Belgium 63.35 41.75 65.9 Denmark 64.23 44.32 69.0 Finland 67.83 46.19 68.1 France 65.26 46.40 71.1 Germany 57.84 42.11 72.8 Greece 45.29 24.91 55.0 Ireland 50.51 31.72 62.8 Italy 63.01 42.03 66.7 Luxembourg 48.70 27.76 57.0 Netherlands 68.52 46.39 67.7 Portugal 53.84 28.10 52.2 Spain 48.58 29.25 60.2 Sweden 66.45 46.05 69.3 United Kingdom 79.96 60.77 76.0 1Premium unleaded 95RON 2Prices converted to pounds sterling using mid April exchange rates. Source:
European Commission Oil Bulletin
§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the change in petrol prices per litre, at an annual rate, in each month since March 2000. [129271]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested is in the following table.
1999 2000 Difference Pence per litre Pence per litre Pence per litre Percentage change Premium unleaded petrol March 66.51 78.32 11.81 17.8 April 70.20 79.96 9.76 13.9 May 70.04 79.54 9.50 13.6 June 69.80 84.08 14.28 20.5 4 star/lead replacement petrol1 March 73.85 82.99 9.14 12.4 April 77.83 84.45 6.62 8.5 May 77.61 84.04 6.43 8.3 June 77.32 88.00 10.68 13.8 Super unleaded petrol March 82.24 85.24 3.00 3.6 April 83.39 87.18 3.79 4.5 May 83.82 86.93 3.11 3.7 1From October 1999 lead replacement petrol replaced four star Source:
DTI Energy Trends