Question follow-through · 315
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will assess the potential impact of postponing the proposed increase in fuel duty on the farming community.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will assess the potential impact of postponing the proposed increase in fuel duty on the farming community.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
As announced on 20 May, to support farmers, the government will cut the duty rate on red diesel by over a third per litre from 10.18p to 6.48p, the lowest rate in over 20 years. This lower rate will take effect from 15 June and remain in place until the e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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