Written Question·Treasury·UIN 72008
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a compensation scheme for people for whom the resale value of their electric vehicle was affected by changes to the level of taxation for ele
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThere are no current plans to introduce a compensation scheme of this design. Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads and is designed to ensure all road users pay a fair contribution. Revenue from motoring taxes helps t...
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