Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 115998 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted modelling since July 2024 on the potential revenue that could be raised from a weight-based system of Vehicle Excise Duty for cars.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 3 Mar 2026
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. Different rates apply to cars, vans, motorcycles and heavy goods vehicles, and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, such as its date of first ...