Gordon Henderson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Henderson on 2014-06-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol.

Nicky Morgan

Since 2011, the Government has abolished the previous Government’s fuel duty escalator, cut duty by 1 penny per litre, and scrapped four planned duty increases. As a result, by the end of the Parliament, petrol will cost nearly 20 pence per litre less than under the previous Government’s plans.