Red Diesel: Fraud
(asked on 25th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have taken place for the fraudulent use of red diesel in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
This question was answered on 8th February 2022
As HMRC does not record a specific offence when recording prosecutions, it is not possible to identify cases which were prosecuted for the fraudulent use of red diesel. However, information on the number of prosecutions for hydrocarbon oil related offences is available and can be found in the table below:
Financial Year | Number of prosecutions for Hydrocarbon Oil related offences |
2011-12 | 5 |
2012-13 | 11 |
2013-14 | 10 |
2014-15 | 7 |
2015-16 | 25 |
2016-17 | 26 |
2017-18 | 17 |
2018-19 | 7 |
2019-20 | 14 |
2020-21 | 2 |