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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 19 September 2025UIN 76049

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2025 to Question 71209 on Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties, if she will make an estimate of the amount of tax that will be raised from Double Cab Pick Up vehicles being taxed as cars in (a) 2025-6, (b) 2026-7, (c) 2027-8, (d) 2028-9 and (e) 2029-30.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The estimated amount of tax that will be raised from double cab pick-up vehicles being treated as cars has been estimated as follows:

2025-26

2026-27

2027-28

2028-29

2029-30

Exchequer Impact (£m)

140

235

270

280

285

As with most tax measures in the Budget the main uncertainties in this costing relate to the size of the tax base and the behavioural response to the measure in the usual way.

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