Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

(asked on 16th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

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.


Answered by
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 19th July 2019

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.

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.

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