Written questions

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 87638 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the application of Vehicle Excise Duty on (a) new and (b) existing electric vehicles from 1 April 2025 on the (i) affordability and (ii) trends in the level of

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 11 Nov 2025

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. As announced by the 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 diesel ve...