Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road tax payments were made (a) in full, (b) as monthly payments and (c) as two six-month payments in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the number of annual, monthly and six-monthly direct debit payments for vehicle excise duty since this facility was introduced in October 2014.
Financial year | 12-month licence | 12-month licence | Six-month licence* |
2014/15 (1 October 2014 – to 31 March 2015) | 540,421 | 4,009,244 | 604,447 |
2015/16 | 1,164,574 | 8,880,444 | 1,640,650 |
2016/17 | 1,243,301 | 10,762,883 | 1,194,294 |
2017/18 | 1,290,963 | 11,471,366 | 943.972 |
2018/19 (1 April 2018 – 31 May 2018) | 212,451 | 2,030,331 | 141,654 |
*This column shows figures for all six-month vehicle licences paid for by direct debit. Not all of these payments will be for the same vehicle by the same keeper.