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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 77221 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered reviewing banding for vehicle excise duty based on emissions rather than registration date.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 14 Oct 2025

Different Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rates apply to cars, vans, motorcycles and HGVs and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, such as its date of first registration, weight, or CO2 emissions. Since 2001, the VED system h...