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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 125959 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of the methodology used to estimate Vehicle Excise Duty evasion rates.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 20 Apr 2026

The Department for Transport has assessed the accuracy of the methodology used to estimate Vehicle Excise Duty evasion through the quality assurance, assumptions and limitations set out in the published Background Information and Notes and Definitions acc...