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1139189

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ring-fence a proportion of the revenue from Vehicle Excise Duty for projects to improve air quality.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	277795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling air pollution. We have invested over £3.5 billion since 2010 to improve air quality and deliver cleaner transport.</p><p> </p><p>From 2020, all funds raised through Vehicle Excise Duty in England will be ring-fenced to form a National Roads Fund, which will be reinvested into the road network. We expect some of this investment to support environmental outcomes across the road network, which includes improving air quality.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2019 11:19:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1139406

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Suella Braverman
uin	277783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 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> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/07/2019 07:55:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman

1136929

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the public purse in Vehicle Excise Duty on cars registered in London in each of the last three financial years; and what estimate he has made of the amount of that revenue which will accrue to the public purse in the next two financial years.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	273468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The government does not collect Vehicle Excise duty (VED) data by region as place of registration has no bearing on road usage. For example, many company vehicles will be registered at a head office, but kept and used elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR publishes forecasts for national receipts in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook, available at the following link: <a href="http://www.obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2019/" target="_blank">www.obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2019/</a></p><p> </p><p>From 2020, English VED revenue will be hypothecated to the National Roads fund to deliver nationally significant schemes across the strategic road network, such as improvements to the M25.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/07/2019 09:37:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1064419

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made for Vehicle Excise Duty exemption under the Exemption for Historic Cars relief in 2018, what the average amount was of those claims; and what the average income was of the claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s vehicle records show there are currently 651,297 vehicles licensed within the historic tax class. This includes 245,970 vehicles where a statutory off-road notification (SORN) has been made. For cars and vans, the exemption is worth between £155 and £255 per year. In 2017-18, HMRC estimate the average exemption for a vehicle in the historic vehicle class was worth £230. The government does not collect information relating to the incomes of registered keepers of vehicles. answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/02/2019 16:15:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1038988

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised for the public purse from vehicle excise duties from the Greater London Authority area in each year for which information is available; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of devolving the proceeds of vehicle excise duties raised in the Greater London Authority area to London local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
uin	207290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2017-18, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) raised a total of around £6.2 billion in revenue.</p><p> </p><p>VED is collected nationwide and since it is tied to where individuals choose to register their vehicles, there is no official methodology to identify the VED collected in any particular region. As such, VED does not lend itself to devolution as vehicle registrations do not necessarily correlate with either emissions or vehicle use<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>VED revenues will be hypothecated to the National Roads Fund (NRF) in England from 2020-21. The NRF will provide certainty for roads investment, including in London.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/01/2019 14:06:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

1037277

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring the proceeds of vehicle excise duties raised in the Greater London Authority area to London local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
uin	908473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The government has committed to hypothecate Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in England from 2020-21 into the National Roads Fund (NRF), providing long-term certainty for roads investment. This will be used to maintain the country’s main arterial routes and enhance national road connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>Devolving VED to London would undermine the purpose of the NRF to deliver nationally significant schemes across the strategic road network, including those in London such as the M25 and some recently announced Major Road Network candidates which will also be funded by the NRF.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2019 16:54:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

1029423

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of drivers that have received fines for not renewing their road tax since the removal of the physical tax disc.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	204426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These range from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of automatic number plate recognition cameras, wheel clamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The last Roadside Survey in June 2017 showed that more than 98% of vehicles were properly licensed. This demonstrates that the vast majority of motorists comply with their legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Since the tax disc was abolished in October 2014, the DVLA has issued 4.4 million penalties to registered keepers of unlicensed vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/01/2019 15:05:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1029424

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on sending out reminders to drivers to renew their road tax; and for what reason some drivers do not receive reminders.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	204427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) issues vehicle excise duty reminders to customers up to four weeks before the tax expires. The DVLA issues more than three million reminder letters each month. Complaints about non-delivery are rare, which suggests that the service works well for the majority of vehicle keepers.</p><p> </p><p>Occasionally vehicle keepers may not receive a reminder. This is often because the keeper may have moved house and not advised the DVLA of the new address, or the letter may have gone astray.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/01/2019 17:38:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

994688

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of processing a single road tax renewal application and payment.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	184000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The current cost of processing a vehicle excise duty renewal application and payment is £1.10.</p><p>This information is published on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/vehicle-tax" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/vehicle-tax</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2018 15:58:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

984392

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that vehicle tax for company cars supports the Road to Zero Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	177262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers hold regular discussions with their counterparts in HM Treasury on a range of transport issues. Policy on taxation is a matter for the Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve the ambitions set out in the Road to Zero strategy, Government is investing nearly £1.5 billion between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug-in vehicles and schemes to support chargepoint infrastructure. This is one of the most comprehensive support packages in the world for zero emission vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2018 09:25:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma