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@Greenbank
VED was never hypothecated and so the VED money was chucked into the big tax bucket along with council tax, income tax, capital gains, VAT and then roads were fixed out of council or Government funds.
The re-introduction of hypothecation was a political stunt a few years ago and doesn't really mean much in the grand scheme of things. With it or without it the same amount is going to get spent since the amount spent on roads country-wide is way more than is collected by VED so hypothecation is meaningless.