PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation (7 March 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what revenue has been generated by the HGV levy for foreign operators in each of the last 24 months.

Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour)

Answer

HGV levy revenue from foreign-registered vehicles is shown in the table. This gives figures from April 2014, when the levy started, up to the most recent available month. This shows that since April 2014 £91.2 million has been raised from foreign-registered vehicles. Note that the figures for April 2014 and March 2015 are high because they include a relatively high number of annual levy purchases.

Year/ Month

Revenue

2014 April

£7,178,086

May

£3,314,580

June

£3,253,123

July

£3,387,029

August

£2,974,123

September

£3,327,219

October

£3,591,528

November

£3,553,346

December

£3,030,512

2015 January

£3,945,650

February

£3,644,256

March

£5,335,114

April

£4,432,556

May

£3,838,753

June

£4,111,036

July

£4,290,470

August

£3,459,024

September

£3,969,077

October

£4,224,229

November

£4,250,758

December

£3,385,109

2016 January

£4,279,644

February

£4,377,591


Answered by:
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
10 March 2016

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