HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 cc562-3W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list for each of the last 36 months (a) the average retail price of four star unleaded petrol and (b) the average price of a barrel of oil. [145343]

Year/month 4 Star1 (pence per litre) Premium unleaded (pence per litre) Barrel of oil2 ($ per barrel) Barrel of oil2 (£ per barrel)
1998
January 69.03 63.13 15.77 9.64
February 68.64 62.63 15.05 9.17
March 68.20 62.09 14.12 8.49
April 72.38 65.77 14.48 8.67
May 72.41 65.72 14.63 8.84
June 72.21 65.62 14.03 8.50
July 72.37 66.04 13.30 8.09
August 72.48 66.14 12.61 7.72
September 72.00 65.80 13.85 8.23
October 71.78 65.75 13.40 7.91
November 71.33 65.02 12.11 7.28
December 70.45 63.84 10.41 6.23
1999
January 69.61 62.87 11.10 6.72
February 69.78 63.02 10.69 6.56
March 73.85 66.51 12.92 7.97
April 77.83 70.20 15.28 9.49
May 77.61 70.04 15.83 9.80
June 77.32 69.80 16.31 10.23
July 78.26 70.98 18.66 11.85
August 79.76 72.87 20.23 12.60
September 80.05 73.02 22.41 13.80
October 80.99 73.85 22.03 13.29
November 80.35 73.36 23.50 14.50
December 81.02 75.42 24.20 15.00
2000
January 80.84 75.38 24.46 14.92
February 80.75 75.14 25.88 16.18
March 82.99 78.32 26.51 16.77
April 84.45 79.96 23.24 14.68
May 84.04 79.54 26.77 17.75
June 88.34 84.28 28.57 18.93
July 88.76 84.65 28.06 18.59
August 85.86 80.34 29.30 19.67
September 85.70 80.17 32.21 22.44
October 85.07 79.46 31.16 21.47
November 86.92 82.05 31.67 22.22
December 385.03 379.87 25.96 17.75
1 From October 1999 four star prices represent lead replacement petrol
2 Two month Brent futures
3 Provisional data

Source:

DTI Energy Trends and IPE