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Energy Prices Road Fuels and Other Petroleum Products
Energy Prices Road Fuels and Other Petroleum Products
Further information
Weekly Petrol Prices (opens in a new window)
Road fuel price statistics data sources and methodologies (opens in a new window)
Revisions policy BEIS standards for official statistics (opens in a new window)
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES): glossary and acronyms (opens in a new window)
Contacts
Energy Prices Statistics Team
020 7215 5073
energyprices.stats@beis.gov.uk
on a weekly basis.
fuel prices with other EU countries.
154.04 177.60
p/litre p/litre
ULSP ULSD
(Unleaded Petrol) (Diesel)
Chart Title
200
190
180
170
ULSD
pence per litre
160 (Diesel)
150
140
ULSP
130 (Unleaded Petrol)
120
110
100
90
0
8/1/2022
12/20/2021
1/3/2022
1/17/2022
2/14/2022
2/28/2022
3/14/2022
3/28/2022
4/11/2022
4/25/2022
5/9/2022
5/23/2022
6/6/2022
6/20/2022
7/4/2022
7/18/2022
8/29/2022
9/26/2022
10/10/2022
10/24/2022
11/7/2022
11/21/2022
12/5/2022
12/19/2022
1/31/2022
8/15/2022
9/12/2022
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160
pence per litre
150
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120
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090
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177.60
ULSD
(Diesel)
154.04
ULSP
(Unleaded Petrol)
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Methodology Notes
There are six companies (four oil companies and two supermarkets) that take part in the weekly fuel pri
They provided ULSP (unleaded petrol), ULSD (Diesel) and super unleaded fuel prices. These currently
The fuel companies are contacted by email every Monday morning asking for their fuel prices for that d
Prices are entered into a spreadsheet that calculates the average weighted price for each fuel, with the
In general, all companies supply data when requested. On the rare occasion when we are unable to co
In general, prices follow similar patterns so average price change will usually be suitable for estimation
The average prices are entered onto the weekly fuel price table and ULSP & ULSD prices are published
Prices (including data on tax and duty rates) were previously reported to the EU (up to January 2021) fo
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/oil/index_en.htm
Other private companies carry out daily fuel price surveys using alternative methodologies to the officia
Periodically, the government data are compared to these to ensure that both series are moving in simila
In addition, the weekly data closest to the 15th of the month is regularly compared against the mid-mon
Duty Rates over time table
ULSP and ULSD Rate
Duty rate per litre (£) from 7 March 2001 0.4582
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 October 2003 0.4710
Duty rate per litre (£) from 7 December 2006 0.4835
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 October 2007 0.5035
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 December 2008 0.5235
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 April 2009 0.5419
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 September 2009 0.5619
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 April 2010 0.5719
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 October 2010 0.5819
Duty rate per litre (£) from 1 January 2011 0.5895
Duty rate per litre (£) from 23 March 2011 0.5795
Duty rate per litre (£) from 23 March 2022 0.5295
ULSP = Ultra low sulphur unleaded petrol
ULSD = Ultra low sulphur diesel
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ke part in the weekly fuel price survey.
fuel prices. These currently cover around 65% of the market.
or their fuel prices for that day.
price for each fuel, with the weights determined by annual sales.
n when we are unable to contact a company, an estimated value is calculated for that company.
y be suitable for estimation purposes, though the nature of the supplier is also considered.
& ULSD prices are published on the BEIS website the following day.
EU (up to January 2021) for publication in the ‘Oil Bulletin’: