Written Question·Treasury·UIN 127370

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to bring in (a) relief and (b) reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty rates for UK-manufactured battery electric vehicles.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. As announced by the previous Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from April 2025, zero emission and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles now pay VED in a similar way to petrol and ...

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