Value of UK energy taxes (estimate)

UK government gets about £45 billion in taxes from fossil fuel taxes each year. That's ignoring air passenger duty too. The taxes are:

	2014 - 15 forecast
Fuel duty (petrol & diesel)	£26.8 bn
Vehicle Excise Duty	£5.9 bn
VAT (20% on vehicle fuel)	£8 bn
VAT (5% on gas)	£0.62 bn
VAT (5% on electricity)	£0.72 bn
Climate change levy	£2 bn
Petroleum revenue tax	£1.2 bn
Air passenger duty	£3.2 bn
Total (excluding Air passenger duty)	£45.24 bn

1. A survey of the UK tax system (IFS, page 5)
2. Energy Consumption in the UK (2014) - chp 2
3. Energy Consumption in the UK (2014) - chp 3

PS: most of the electricity tax could be considered a fossil fuel tax.