Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much was collected in (1) road and (2) petrol, tax during the last two years for which information is available; and how much of that was invested in roads.

Receipts for Vehicle Excise Duty (‘road tax’) and fuel duties, which incorporate various types of fuel including petrol (‘petrol tax’) for the last two available years were set out by the Office of Budget Responsibility in March 2022 and March 2023, and are as follows:

Vehicle Excise Duty, 2021-22: £7.1bn

Fuel duties, 2021-22: £25.9bn

Vehicle Excise Duty, 2020-21: £6.9bn

Fuel duties, 2020-21: £27.6bn

Income raised by the government, including tax receipts but also income from fees, charges or borrowing, is centralised in the Consolidated Fund - from which government expenditure, including on roads, is funded.

Government spending on roads in the same time period is set out by the Department for Transport on gov.uk, and is as follows:

Strategic road network in England, 2021/22: £5.6bn

Capital funding for local roads maintenance in England (outside London), 2021/22: £1.4bn

Strategic road network in England 2020/21: £5bn

Capital funding for local roads maintenance in England (outside London), 2020/21: £1.8bn