Question follow-through · 129482
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the revenue raised from fuel duty between January and April (a) 2026 and (b) 2025; and if she will consider offering targeted support to the road haulage sector.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the revenue raised from fuel duty between January and April (a) 2026 and (b) 2025; and if she will consider offering targeted support to the road haulage sector.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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28 Apr 2026
Answer published
Fuel duty receipts total approximately £8 billion for the period January to April 2025. Tax receipt data is available on GOV.UK, where data for April 2026 will be published in due course. Fuel duty is charged as a fixed amount per litre, so receipts depen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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