Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the level of fuel duty; and if he will make a statement.

HMT continuously keeps the level of fuel duty under review, as we do with all taxes. The government has frozen fuel duty in every year from 2011 to lessen the impact of high fuel prices on households and business costs. In total, our action on fuel since 2010 has saved the average car driver £130 a year and the average van driver £350 compared to what they would have been paying under the previous Labour government’s escalator plans.