Question follow-through · 43304
Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of the use of tax discs on (a) enforcement and (b) revenue from non-payment of vehicle tax.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of the use of tax discs on (a) enforcement and (b) revenue from non-payment of vehicle tax.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
In 2023/24, the DVLA collected £7.8 billion in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) on behalf of HM Treasury, the highest amount ever collected in one year. The Department for Transport carries out a roadside survey every two years to estimate the rate of vehicle ex...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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