Motor Fuels and Duty
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Type of fuel - source Government 24th Mar 2022 |
Rate |
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Petrol, diesel, biodiesel and bioethanol |
52.95 p per litre |
5p reduction in budget |
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Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) |
28.88 p per kg |
reduced in budget |
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Natural gas used as fuel in vehicles, for example biogas |
22.57 p per kg |
reduced in budget |
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‘Fuel oil’ burned in a furnace or used for heating |
9.78 p per litre |
reduced in budget |
Transport Fuel Duty and Heating Fuel Duty
Firstly, looking at these tables, one wonders at the logic applied by those Civil Servants to arrive at such numbers? Was it a gallons to litres issue? Who can tell.
With the reduction of 5p on Petrol and Diesel it must be stressed that LPG, CNG and LNG powered vehicles already had a big advantage in respect of “fuel duty” and have further been slightly reduced in this year's budget too [see table]. With Natural gas /bio gas at less than 50% [42.6% in fact] of even the new Petrol/Diesel duty. Also LPG [Liquefied petroleum gas] is only 54.5% of the ‘normal’ [petrol/diesel] fuel duty.
Also please note the Bio-diesel and Bio-ethanol both attract FULL duty per litre. This makes little sense given the processes involved to create these fuels – although growing crops to make these is not ideal.
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