Treasury written question – answered at on 14 November 2025.
Ian Roome
Liberal Democrat, North Devon
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer, how much funding her Department has committed to the Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme in each of the last five financial years.
Dan Tomlinson
The Exchequer Secretary
The Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme has provided a 5p reduction to motorists buying fuel in certain areas since its introduction in 2012. The Government publishes figures for the estimated cost of non-structural tax reliefs at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs/non-structural-tax-relief-statistics-december-2024.
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