3,336 motorists have received the full refund for VAT paid on vehicle registration tax, Transport Minister Joe Mizzi said today.

Replying to a parliamentary question by Government Whip Godfrey Farrugia, Mr Mizzi said 29,126 persons received the first part of the refund in the form of a €110 or €55 cheque in 2014. In 2015, over three thousand people received the full amount due to them.

Mr Mizzi said the government will only know the total of people who would have received a full refund once all schemes are exhausted by 2019.