Written Question·Treasury·UIN 43515

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing (a) car and (b) other vehicle taxes to ensure non-emission producing vehicles are not charged higher rates than emission producing vehicle

Answer

James Murray
The Government uses the tax system to support a variety of objectives including our legally binding climate targets and the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). From 1 April 2017, a reformed Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) system was introduced for new cars. ...

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