{"id":57934,"date":"2015-06-15T09:41:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T09:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4e29ea7eb4823f152af44680c5c9f701"},"modified":"2015-06-15T09:41:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T09:41:41","slug":"statement-to-parliament-hgv-levys-first-year-of-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=57934","title":{"rendered":"Statement to Parliament: HGV levy’s first year of operation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since 1 April 2014 all HGVs<\/abbr> at or above 12 tonnes gross weight using UK<\/abbr> roads have been required to pay the \u2018HGV<\/abbr> road user levy\u2019. The levy ensures all such HGVs<\/abbr> contribute to the costs of UK<\/abbr> road maintenance and removes some of the inequality UK<\/abbr> hauliers feel when paying to use many roads abroad. The levy costs up to \u00a310 per day or \u00a31,000 per year. I am pleased to announce that the HGV<\/abbr> levy has proved to be a great success in its first year of operation. It has raised a total \u00a3192.5 million in receipts, with \u00a346.5 million from foreign-registered vehicles and \u00a3146 million from UK<\/abbr>-registered vehicles. Receipts from foreign vehicles are significantly ahead of the projected \u00a321 million.<\/p>\n

For most UK<\/abbr>-registered HGVs<\/abbr>, vehicle excise duty (VED<\/abbr>) was reduced by the same amount as the levy, and is conveniently paid alongside VED<\/abbr> to keep administrative costs to a minimum. Over 160,200 foreign vehicles have been registered on the levy payment system<\/a>. In total 1.9 million levies were purchased for foreign HGVs<\/abbr>:<\/p>\n