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Written question asked by David Chaytor (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 2 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 March 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many vehicles were exempt from vehicle excise duty as a result of having been first registered prior to January 1973 in each of the last five years.
Answer

The following table provides the number of licensed vehicles that were exempt from vehicle excise duty on the 31 December in each of the last five years as a result of having been manufactured prior to January 1973. These figures are for Great Britain.

Number of vehicles
2004 322,842
2005 318,300
2006 307,406
2007 303,943
2008 302,891

Data for 2009 will be published at the end of April 2010.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c861W; 320879
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Excise duties Motor vehicles
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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