Written Question·Treasury·UIN 20883

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 17 December 2024

Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Cameron Thomas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government has increased vehicle excise duty for (a) electric and (b) low emission vehicles; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this on trends in the level of consu

Answer

James Murray

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership from which electric vehicles are currently exempt. As announced by the previous Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from April 2025, electric and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles will begin to pay VED ...

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