Question follow-through · 107058
Motorcycles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of Vehicle Excise Duty rates for motorcycles with cars; and whether she has plans to review the Vehicle Excise Duty framework for motorcycles.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of Vehicle Excise Duty rates for motorcycles with cars; and whether she has plans to review the Vehicle Excise Duty framework for motorcycles.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2026
Answer published
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), sometimes known as 'road tax' or 'car tax', is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. Different rates apply to cars, vans, and motorcycles, and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, su...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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