Linked Data API

Show Search Form

Search Results

1139406
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-16more like thismore than 2019-07-16
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of amending vehicle excise duty so that the duty applicable is based on the emissions recorded at MOT tests. more like this
tabling member constituency Fareham more like this
tabling member printed
Suella Braverman more like this
uin 277783 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answer text <p>MOT emissions tests are mainly used to check for dangerous levels of air quality pollutants, such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.</p><p> </p><p>To help meet our legally binding climate change targets, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is based on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions which is not tested during MOTs.</p><p> </p><p>A vehicle’s CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are tested under laboratory conditions at the point of manufacture. This provides an accurate figure which determines the rate of VED paid, allows comparisons to be made between models and encourages motorists to choose low CO<sub>2</sub> emitting options.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Newark more like this
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-23T07:55:12.22Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-23T07:55:12.22Z
answering member
4320
label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
4475
label Biography information for Suella Braverman remove filter