Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the differential treatment of electric and internal combustion engine motorcycles under the proposed electric Vehicle Excise Duty framework; and whether she has considered extending any VED exemptions to all motorcycles on the basis of their road surface impact.

The government will implement electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) as an additional mileage based add-on to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, which is designed to replace the fuel duty revenues which will be lost as petrol and diesel vehicles are phased out over time.

Other vehicle types, such as vans, buses, HGVs and motorcycles will not be in scope of eVED upon its introduction in April 2028. At this stage, the transition to electric for these other vehicle types is less advanced than for cars.

Under VED, different rates apply to cars, vans, and motorcycles, and the rate for each vehicle is calculated according to a range of factors, such as its date of first registration, weight, or CO2 emissions. There are no plans to extend VED exemptions to motorcycles based on their road surface impact.