Written Question·Treasury·UIN 122127
Fuels: Prices
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned fuel duty increases on households in rural
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe Chancellor considers a wide range of impacts when taking decisions on tax policy. At Budget 2025, the Government announced that the 5p cut in fuel duty would be extended until the end of August 2026, with rates then gradually returning to March 2022 l...
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