Question follow-through · 126440
Alternative Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) fuel duty and (b) other tax treatment is applicable to hydrotreated vegetable oil used in (i) road fuel and (ii) home heating fuel.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) fuel duty and (b) other tax treatment is applicable to hydrotreated vegetable oil used in (i) road fuel and (ii) home heating fuel.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) is taxed in line with other fuels according to its use. For fuel duty purposes, HVO is treated as a diesel-equivalent “heavy oil” in the Hydrocarbon Oils Duty Act 1979. When used as a road fuel, it is therefore liable to t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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