Question follow-through · 100612

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a fuel duty rebate linked to emissions reductions to encourage the use of low carbon fuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
19 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a fuel duty rebate linked to emissions reductions to encourage the use of low carbon fuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) is a relatively new fuel and has limited availability in the UK. When used for domestic heating, HVO benefits from the rebated duty rate of 10.18p per litre, in contrast to the full duty rate of 52.95p per litre. The Gover...

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