Written Question·Treasury·UIN 116008

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the additional annual cost to motorists of introducing a weight-based Vehicle Excise Duty system for cars weighing over (a) 1,600kg, (b) 2,000kg, and (c) 2,400kg.

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 ...

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