Question follow-through · 43515
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
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
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
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
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
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. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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