questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) fuel duty and (b) other tax treatment is applicable to hydrotreated vegetable oil used in (i) road fuel and (ii) home heating fuel.
answerText: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) is taxed in line with other fuels according to its use. For fuel duty purposes, HVO is treated as a diesel-equivalent “heavy oil” in the Hydrocarbon Oils Duty Act 1979. When used as a road fuel, it is therefore liable to t...
heading: Alternative Fuels: Excise Duties