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Hybrid Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 127102 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 118384 on Hybrid Vehicles: Excise Duties, whether she has considered the potential merits of allowing those PHEV drivers who (a) opt in to doing so and (b) have vehicle

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Apr 2026

As announced at Budget 2025, plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) will be subject to a reduced electric Vehicle Excise Duty rate of 1.5 pence per mile upon its introduction in April 2028 - half the rate that will apply to fully electric cars. This approach rec...