Charging Heavy Goods Vehicles - Consultation Document
The Government is proposing to charge Heavy (Large) Goods Vehicles (H/LGVs) of 12 tonnes and over to use the UK road network. Charges would apply to all categories of road users and to both UK and foreign-registered H/LGVs. Currently, foreign-registered H/LGVs do not pay to use the general road network in the United Kingdom, whereas UK-registered H/LGVs pay charges or tolls in most European countries.
The Government will come forward with measures to offset the additional user charges for UK-registered H/LGVs, through reductions in the taxes, duties or charges which H/LGV operators currently face, or through appropriate spending measures. The Chancellor has discretion over tax and spending measures, but the most likely balancing measure in practice will be a reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) towards minimum EU levels.
The road user charge would be applied to UK-registered H/LGVs as their VED is renewed.
The introduction of user charging should result in no more than £50 per year extra costs for the vast majority of UK-registered H/LGVs.
Please see the attached consultation document for a detailed breakdown of the proposals. The consultation will end on the 18th April 2012, and Members should send their comments directly to the Department for Transport.
If you wish to respond to this consultation; then please send your responses to:
Mr Peter Steele
Department for Transport
Zone 3/25
Great Minster House
London
SW1P 4DR
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