Release

UK environmental taxes: 2025

Provisional release date: May 2026
Important information:

UK environmental taxes: 2025 has been cancelled following our review of organisational priorities detailed in the ONS strategic improvement update: December 2025, the data set on environmental taxes and some associated commentary will be included in UK Environmental Accounts: 2026 publication to be published in June 2026.

Summary

The value and composition of UK environmental taxes from 1997 to 2025 (where available), by type of tax and economic activity, and comparisons with other European countries.

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest