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Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Asked by Greg SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 119474

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Department for Transport has made of the vehicle excise duty (VED) revenue foregone as a result of early renewals by zero-emission vehicle owners prior to the introduction of new VED rates.

Answered by Keir Mather

The information requested can be found in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 and can be viewed at www.gov.uk/government/publications/dvla-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025.

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