Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 119474

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Department for Transport has made of the vehicle excise duty (VED) revenue foregone as a result of early renewals by zero-emission vehicle owners prior to the introduction of new VED rates.

Answer

Keir Mather
The information requested can be found in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 and can be viewed at www.gov.uk/government/publications/dvla-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025.