Question follow-through · 116169

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact for electric vehicle owners caused by the Vehicle Excise Duty becoming payable on EVs.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Mar 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact for electric vehicle owners caused by the Vehicle Excise Duty becoming payable on EVs.

  2. 4 Mar 2026

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  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. As announced by the previous Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from April 2025, zero emission and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles now pay VED in a similar way to petrol and ...

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