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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 45793 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

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.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 24 Apr 2025

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...