Vehicle Excise Duty

HC Deb 04 July 2003 vol 408 cc502-3W

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the cost of vehicle excise duty evasion in England, broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997. [121524]

Mr. Jamieson

The estimated revenue loss from vehicle excise duty evasion in each year since 1997 in England is as follows:

Vehicle excise duty evasion
£million
	Amount
1997–98	162.5
1998–99	172.5
1999–2000	162.2
2000–01	169.0
2001–02	170.5
2002–03	172.1

A breakdown of the revenue loss from evasion by local authority area could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. These are cash amounts and are not indexed.