Written Question·Treasury·UIN 115998

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted modelling since July 2024 on the potential revenue that could be raised from a weight-based system of Vehicle Excise Duty for cars.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. Different rates apply to cars, vans, motorcycles and heavy goods vehicles, and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, such as its date of first ...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 115998) →