Question follow-through · 45793
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the surcharge for paying Vehicle Excise Duty in instalments for people with below average incomes.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the surcharge for paying Vehicle Excise Duty in instalments for people with below average incomes.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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24 Apr 2025
Answer published
In Autumn 2013, the Government announced the introduction of the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) direct debit scheme from 1 October 2014. Instead of paying VED annually or in two instalments per year with a 10% surcharge, this allows people to pay VED monthly o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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