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Vehicle Excise Duty (Scotland)

Volume 407: debated on Monday 16 June 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many instances there were of vehicle excise duty evasion in Scotland, broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997. [119706]

The figures for number of instances of VED evasion in Scotland for the years in question are as follows:

Estimated vehicle excise duty evasion in Scotland
Vehicles evading (000s)
1997–98107.2
1998–99110.9
1999–2000106.9
2000–01110.9
2001–02118.6
2002–03126.4
The information requested as to breakdown by local authority could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the cost of vehicle excise duty evasion in Scotland, broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997. [119876]

The figures for the cost of VED evasion in Scotland for the years in question are as follows:

Estimated evasion in Scotland
Revenue evaded (— million)
1997–9812.5
1998–9913.2
1999–200012.6
2000–0113.1
2001–0213.4
2002—0313.6
The information requested as to breakdown by local authority could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.