Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect on the motorhome industry of reclassifying motorhomes as cars for tax purposes.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Since April 2017, the government has used a reformed Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) system that encourages the take-up of vehicles with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet our legally binding climate change targets. It is right that vehicles with high CO2 emissions pay higher first year VED than those with lower emissions.
From September 2019, all multi-stage build vehicles, including motorhomes, must also record the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption on their type approval certificate. Apart from a small number of end-of-series derogations, all new registrations of multi-stage build vehicles must comply. Existing registrations are not impacted.
To provide industry and motorists with time to prepare, the change in measuring CO2 emissions was announced at Autumn Budget 2017.