These rates apply to all journeys on or after 1 March 2024. For one month from the date of change, employers may use either the previous or new current rates. Employers may make or require supplementary payments (but are under no obligation to do either).
The advisory electric rate for fully electric cars is 9 pence per mile. Hybrid cars are treated as either petrol or diesel cars for advisory fuel rates.
From 1 March 2024
| Engine size | Petrol | LPG | Engine size | Diesel | |
| 1400cc or less | 13p | 11p | 1600cc or less | 12p | |
| 1401cc to 2000cc | 15p | 13p | 1601cc to 2000cc | 14p | |
| Over 2000cc | 24p | 21p | Over 2000cc | 19p |
The previous rates from 1 December to 29 February 2023 were:
| Engine size | Petrol | LPG | |||
| 1400cc or less | 14p | 10p | |||
| 1401cc to 2000cc | 16p | 12p | |||
| Over 2000cc | 26p | 18p | |||
The above rates only apply where employers:
Where an employee uses their own car for business journeys, the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments should be used. These rates have not changed and remain at:
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The latest update to the above rates, although less than two weeks old, is not in line with, or keeping pace with spiralling forecourt prices. Businesses that use the Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) should keep in mind that the rates are only ‘advisory’. It is permissible to apply differing rates to the AFRs, to reflect higher fuel prices. |
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