Written Question·Treasury·UIN 95041
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Stuart Andrew
Conservative — Daventry
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact on long-distance commuters and early adopters of electric vehicles of the decision to apply standard rates of vehicle excise duty to electric
Answer
Dan TomlinsonFrom April 2025, zero emission and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles started to pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in a similar way to petrol and diesel vehicles; the standard annual rate is £195. As announced at Budget 2025, the Government is introducing El...
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