Fuels: Prices
Commons · Question 122127 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned fuel duty increases on households in rural
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...