Fuel duties receipts by year
Hydrocarbon oils duties, mostly fuel duty on petrol and diesel.
£24.6 billion
2.6%
HMRC records Fuel duties receipts of £24.6 billion in 2025 to 2026, 2.6% of all HMRC receipts that year. That compares with £24.4 billion in 2024 to 2025, a change of +0.8% in cash terms. The highest year in HMRC's table is 2018 to 2019, at £28.1 billion. Its share of total HMRC receipts ranged from 2.6% (2025 to 2026) to 6.3% (2009 to 2010).
Receipts by year
| Tax year | Receipts | Change on previous year | Share of HMRC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to 2026 | £24.6 billion | +0.8% | 2.62% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £24.4 billion | -2.3% | 2.84% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £24.9 billion | -0.7% | 3.01% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £25.1 billion | -3.3% | 3.19% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £26.0 billion | +22.7% | 3.63% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £21.2 billion | -23.0% | 3.62% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £27.5 billion | -2.3% | 4.34% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £28.1 billion | +1.0% | 4.53% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £27.9 billion | -0.2% | 4.70% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £27.9 billion | +1.1% | 4.92% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £27.6 billion | +1.7% | 5.19% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £27.2 billion | +1.0% | 5.28% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £26.9 billion | +1.2% | 5.45% |
| 2012 to 2013 | £26.6 billion | -0.9% | 5.61% |
| 2011 to 2012 | £26.8 billion | -1.7% | 5.68% |
| 2010 to 2011 | £27.3 billion | +4.0% | 6.00% |
| 2009 to 2010 | £26.2 billion | +6.4% | 6.31% |
| 2008 to 2009 | £24.6 billion | -1.2% | 5.52% |
| 2007 to 2008 | £24.9 billion | +5.6% | 5.46% |
| 2006 to 2007 | £23.6 billion | 5.50% |
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Rates and thresholds
Sources and receipts
- HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK: statistics table, HM Revenue and Customs.
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