United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3581
Red Diesel: Excise Duties
Original
Introduced
20 May 2026
Last action
2 June 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
2 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the level of benefit to rail freight operators arising from the reduction in red diesel duty.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
20 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the level of benefit to rail freight operators arising from the reduction in red diesel duty.
Source: Commons
2 June 2026
Answer
The Government is committed to supporting rail freight, recognising its economic and environmental benefits and the role it plays in the resilience of the UK’s supply chain. On 20 May 2026, the Government announced that red diesel users, including rail fr...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department for Transport · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-20/3581
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1908230
- uk · wq-1908230 · source updated 2 June 2026