Question follow-through · 16836
Motor Vehicles: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of extending the VAT exemption for adapted motor vehicles for disabled people to include taxis.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of extending the VAT exemption for adapted motor vehicles for disabled people to include taxis.
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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3 Dec 2024
Answer published
The VAT treatment of goods and services is a matter for His Majesty's Treasury. One of the requirements of the Plug-in Taxi Grant, which offers a discount of up to £6,000 to support the uptake of ULEV taxis, is that the vehicle should be wheelchair access...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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