Written questions

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 3562 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 1 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the average annual vehicle downtime and associated productivity loss per fleet vehicle arising from the mileage estimation, reporting and reconciliation requirements of the p

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 1 Jun 2026

The proposed approach to electronic Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) is designed to minimise administrative burdens by integrating mileage estimation, reporting and payment into the existing VED system, with most users expected to interact with the system once ...