HC Deb 27 January 1995 vol 253 cc383-4W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the classes of vehicle currently exempt from vehicle excise duty for which vehicle excise duty will become payable from 1 July; and if he will give the amount of vehicle excise duty that will be payable in each class.

Mr. Norris

The information requested is as follows:

Current exempt class Proposed class (and vehicles within it) Proposed duty
Special vehicles
Road roller —road rollers: £135 (under 3.5 tonnes)
£150 (over 3.5 tonnes)
Special concessionary
Electric —electric: £35
Gritter —gritter:
Snowplough —snowplough:
Vehicles used for short journeys between private land —6 miles a week vehicles: 1£15–£5,000
Road construction —road construction: 1£15–£5,000
Street cleansing —street cleansing:
Street lighting —street lighting:
1 No increase of more than £1,000 on first relicensing on or after 1st July 1995.

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what amount of vehicle excise duty will be payable from 1 July by agricultural tractors(a) used solely by farmers on their own land and (b) which use public roads for less than six miles per week to travel from one field to another.

Mr. Norris

The information is as follows:

  1. (a) Nil.
  2. (b) £35.

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amount of vehicle excise duty is(a) payable on agricultural tractors in Northern Ireland at present and (b) will be payable after 1 July; and what exemptions there are from this duty.

Mr. Norris

The information is as follows:

  1. (a) £35, but "nil" for those used on public roads for less than 6 miles per week when moving between different parts of privately-owned land, and those used solely on private land
  2. (b) £35. The only exemptions from this duty will be for agricultural tractors used solely on private land.