Question follow-through · 19506

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using inflation linked increase model to the Luxury Car Tax.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using inflation linked increase model to the Luxury Car Tax.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Expensive Car Supplement (ECS) is a supplement to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) payable by vehicle keepers for five years, from years two to six following a car's first registration.The rate is currently £440 per year, and is charged in addition to the st...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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