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Vehicles: Licences

Volume 706: debated on Wednesday 21 January 2009

Question

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency paid out in refunds for unexpired vehicle licences in each year since 2000; and how much it expects to pay out in 2009 following the change in rules from 1 January 2009, such that only registered users of vehicles will be entitled to claim refunds. [HL623]

The information regarding refunds before 2002 could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The following table sets out volumes since then:

2002-03

£220.1 million

2003-04

£223.6 million

2004-05

£231.6 million

2005-06

£232.8 million

2006-07

£231.6 million

2007-08

£245.3 million

2008-09

£197.6 million (April—December)

There are no estimates for the volume of refunds in 2009-10.