Written question asked by Lord Darling of Roulanish (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 December 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 December 2016. It was answered by Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) on Monday, 19 December 2016 on behalf of the Treasury.

Fuels: Taxation

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was raised on fuel duty and VAT on fuel for each of the last 10 financial years.

Answer

Receipts from fuel duty are published in the Hydrocarbon Oils statistical bulletin and the figures from the last ten financial years are shown below:

For VAT, the information requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs does not collect data on VAT revenues from particular goods and services.

Secondary information