Fuels: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 122125 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2026, what estimate she has made of the additional annual cost to the average UK motorist as a result of the pl
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 26 Mar 2026
The Chancellor considers a wide range of impacts when taking decisions on tax policy. At Budget 2025, the Government announced that the 5p cut in fuel duty would be extended until the end of August 2026, with rates then gradually returning to March 2022 l...