what does my car tax pay for?

christian gray made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Transport

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From: christian gray

29 March 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

i would like to know what my car tax is spent on in my local area,
my postcode is hu181AD.
Yours faithfully,

CHRISTIAN GRAY

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From: Laura Battenbough

3 April 2008


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Dear Mr Gray,

Please see the attached reply.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Laura Battenbough

Laura Battenbough
Policy and External Communications Directorate
Zone 1 - Casework and Specialist Advice
D16
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Telephone: 01792 783979 Ext: 3979
GTN: 1213 3979
Fax: 01792 384515
Email: [email address]

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Jessica: Wheeler left an annotation ( 9 September 2009)

Hi Christian,

The question that popped up after reading your request and the response was- Why is the surplus revenue retaine? by the trading fund rather than spent on the public.

For the year 07/08 there was £22million surplus?
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/dv...

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