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Eleventh report - Fuel Duty: Fiscal forecast fiction

Treasury Committee HC 783 Published 23 January 2023

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We recommend that the Treasury, for the purposes of providing the OBR with a policy...

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We recommend that the Treasury, for the purposes of providing the OBR with a policy assumption for future forecasts, should assume there will be no inflation-linked rise in fuel duty over the forecast horizon. This would more accurately reflect the … Read more We recommend that the Treasury, for the purposes of providing the OBR with a policy assumption for future forecasts, should assume there will be no inflation-linked rise in fuel duty over the forecast horizon. This would more accurately reflect the recent path of fuel duty and make for a more credible forecast. As ever, the Chancellor would be free to propose changes in duty rates at fiscal events. 12 HM Treasury, Spring Statement 2022, para 2.13, p24. The temporary reduction was given statutory effect by the Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) Order 2022. 13 Office for Budget Responsibility, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2022, p52 14 Office for Budget Responsibility, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2022, pp52–53 15 Institute for Fiscal Studies, Spring Statement 2022: Paul Johnson’s opening remarks, 24 March 2022 16 Qq173-174 Fuel Duty: Fiscal forecast fiction 5 Formal minutes Monday 16 January 2023 Members present: Harriett Baldwin, in the Chair Rushanara Ali John Baron Dame Angela Eagle Emma Hardy Danny Kruger Alison Thewliss Draft Report (Fuel Duty: Fiscal forecast fiction) proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. Ordered, That the Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph. Paragraphs 1 to 9 read and agreed to. Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134. Adjourned till Tuesday 24 January at 9.30 am. 6 Fuel Duty: Fiscal forecast fiction Witnesses The following witnesses gave evidence. Transcripts can be viewed on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website. Wednesday 01 December 2021 Sir Tom Scholar, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury; Charles Roxburgh, Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury; Cat Little, Director General, Public Spending, HM Treasury; Anna Caffyn, Finance Director, HM Tre Show less

Government Response Summary

The government will continue to keep fuel duty rates in the long term under review, including carefully considering support for motorists, fiscal implications and use of fuels. The OBR have also included a memo line on the impact if fuel duty were to remain constant in cash terms as part of the fiscal targets table.

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