Question follow-through · 116255
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 5p cut to fuel duty on levels of social mobility in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 5p cut to fuel duty on levels of social mobility in rural areas.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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