Written Question·Treasury·UIN 127370
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026
Question
Dr Scott Arthur
Labour — Edinburgh 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 TomlinsonVehicle 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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