Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the annual savings to the public purse from the phasing out of the paper vehicle tax disc; and what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of changes in the level of vehicle tax evasion since that phasing out.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency estimates that abolishing the vehicle tax disc will save £13.8m each year by not having to produce, issue and post the discs to motorists.

An assessment carried out by Her Majesty’s Treasury concluded that removing the requirement to display a paper tax disc was not expected to have an impact on income from vehicle excise duty.