Introduction Background Note
9.In the 2007 and 2008 Budgets and 2008 Pre-Budget Report, the Government announced that duty rates on the main road fuels would be increased by 1.84 ppl, and duty on non-road fuels would be increased by the same proportion, with effect from 1 April 2009. On 30 March 2009, HM Revenue and Customs issued a Business Brief 22/09 confirming that the pre-announced increases were going ahead.
10.Duty increases on biofuels and natural gas maintain the differential with the main road fuels, while the differential for road fuel gas other than natural gas is reduced by the equivalent of 1 penny per litre. These increases also took effect from 1 April 2009. With effect from 1 May 2009, duty on leaded petrol is increased by 1.84 ppl and on aviation gasoline by 2.31 ppl.