Alex Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2015-11-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the air quality benefits of using liquefied petroleum gas in transport to inform its taxation policies.

Damian Hinds

The Government recognises that there are environmental benefits to Liquefied Petroleum Gas and other road fuel gases compared to petrol and diesel, and as a consequence fuel duty on such fuels is much lower than the main rate – with a 39.79 pence per litre duty differential.