Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow agricultural shows and agricultural showgrounds to continue to use red diesel given their classification by his Department and animal health bodies as agricultural and licensed and regulated as such.

Following consultation in 2020, the Chancellor confirmed at Spring Budget 2021 that the Government will remove the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022, other than for specific purposes, including vehicles and machinery used in agriculture, fish farming, forestry and horticulture.

The specific purposes where rebated diesel can be used in agriculture are set out at section 9 of Excise Notice 75: Fuel for use in vehicles, which is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fuels-for-use-in-vehicles-excise-notice-75