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Vehicles: Licences

Question

Asked by Lord Hanningfield

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 Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Adonis): 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.

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