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Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
Friday 25th November 2022

Asked by: Amy Callaghan (Scottish National Party - East Dunbartonshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to introduce incentives to encourage the uptake of low emission vehicles, in the context of the removal of the Vehicle Excise Duty.

Answered by Jesse Norman

From 2025, electric vehicles will still have preferential first year rates of VED in comparison to the most polluting vehicles, in addition to having preferential rates of company car tax out to April 2028.


Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Friday 25th November 2022

Asked by: Amy Callaghan (Scottish National Party - East Dunbartonshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing Vehicle Excise Duty on the uptake of electric (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) motorcycles.

Answered by Jesse Norman

HMT is responsible for setting tax rates, including vehicle excise duty and company car tax rates, and carry out assessments relating to fiscal measures they take.

From 2025, electric vehicles will still have preferential first year rates of vehicle excise duty in comparison to the most polluting vehicles, in addition to having preferential rates of company car tax out to April 2028. This will continue to support the uptake of all electric vehicles.


Written Question
Travel: Coronavirus
Friday 12th November 2021

Asked by: Amy Callaghan (Scottish National Party - East Dunbartonshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he is making on recognising covid-19 vaccination certificates from overseas countries, particularly among British ex-pats who have received Sinovac or another vaccine rather than Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna or Janssen.

Answered by Robert Courts

From 22 November, vaccines on the WHO Emergency Use Listing will be included in the Government’s inbound travel rules. In practice, this will mean accepting anyone with a valid vaccine certificate who has been fully vaccinated with Sinopharm Beijing, Sinovac or Covaxin (in addition to the vaccines currently accepted), from a country listed on the fully vaccinated travel policy, for the purposes of international travel.