Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support in place for the taxi and private hire sector to transition to lower emission vehicles.
Government is directly supporting the taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) sector to transition to zero emissions through the Plug in Taxi Grant (PiTG) and the Plug in Car Grant which provides a grant of up to £7,500 taxis and £3,000 respectively. The PiTG has supported the purchasing of over 4,400 vehicles across the UK.
Support has also been provided to increase the availability of a charging infrastructure to meet driver needs. Government has awarded over £20 million to 27 local authorities to deploy almost 800 rapid and fast chargepoints dedicated to electric taxis and PHVs.