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Excise Duties: Fuels

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue he received from taxation on fuel used by local authorities and by services contracted by local authorities in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (170957)

Estimates are not available for the revenue received from taxation on fuel used by local authorities and by services contracted by local authorities. Registered traders pay the duty to HMRC and information on the customer is not recorded on the return.

VAT charged to local authorities, and with respect to services contracted out by them, is normally recoverable in full by the purchaser; and so does not represent net revenue receipts.