Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 116008 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the additional annual cost to motorists of introducing a weight-based Vehicle Excise Duty system for cars weighing over (a) 1,600kg, (b) 2,000kg, and (c) 2,400kg.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 2 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 ...