Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of untaxed vehicles on the road.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 1st December 2017

More than 98% of vehicles on the road are properly licensed, meaning that the vast majority of drivers comply with the law. It has never been easier to license a vehicle and motorists can also spread payments across the year using direct debit.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) operates a comprehensive package of measures designed to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These include reminder letters, fixed penalties, court prosecutions, the use of automatic number plate recognition cameras and the wheelclamping and removal of unlicensed vehicles.

The number of unlicensed vehicles clamped or impounded has increased to around 10,000 every month and the DVLA will continue to take action against those who do not pay. A major national advertising campaign has also recently been launched which targets vehicle excise duty evaders.

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