1 Horse Guards Road, 
Information Rights Unit 
London. 
 
SW1A 2HQ 
Tel: 020 7270 4558 
 
Fax: 020 7451 4861 
By email: 
[HM Treasury request email]  
 
 www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 
Mr J Bradbury 
 
request-3828-
Our refs:  
IRU/8/615 
[email address] 
 
 
 
 
30 October 2008 
Dear Mr. Bradbury, 
    
Thank you for your FOI request by email dated 27th October 2008. 
 
You asked: 
 
“Will you please let me have a schedule showing the amounts of duty payable 
per litre of (a) petrol (b) diesel and (c) agricultural (red) diesel for each fiscal 
year commencing 1990/91 to date.” 
 
The information you are seeking can be found in the Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin, 
which is routinely published on the UK Trade Info website at the link below. As the 
FoI Act establishes a legal process, we formally have to point out that the information 
provided in  response to your question has already been published and is therefore 
exempt from re-issue under section 21 of the Act.  However, we recognise that it is 
not always easy to locate information and, for convenience, I am attaching a copy of 
the relevant table from the Bulletin.  Please note that government information is 
covered by crown copyright (see notice below). For clarity I should also explain that 
the ‘Gas Oil’ column is the rate that has applied to red diesel. The web link is as 
follows  - 
http://www.uktradeinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?task=bulloil. 
 
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us at the email account 
above.  It would be helpful to us, if you could remember to quote the IRU reference 
number given in the header to this letter in any future communications.   
 
 
 
 
Paul Morran 
Information Rights Unit  
On behalf of HM Treasury 
 
Enclosure: 
 
Sheet 4 “HYDROCARBON OIL DUTY RATES” of the September 2008 Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review 
of our decision, you should write within two months of the date of this letter to HM Treasury, Information Rights Unit, 2/SW, 1 Horse 
Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ.     
Email:  [HM Treasury request email]  
 
If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Treasury.  The 
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, 
Cheshire SK9 5AF. 
 
 
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