Written Question·Treasury·UIN 110474

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy justification is for applying interest to instalment payments of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty; and whether her Department considered alternative models for collecting eVED.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
As announced at Budget 2025, the Government is introducing Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) from April 2028, a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, recognising that electric vehicles (EVs) contribute to congestion and wear and tear ...

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