Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on G20 states that have set a target to end the sale of new (a) solely internal combustion engine powered vehicles and (b) hybrid vehicles powered in part by internal combustion engines.

The UK Government’s commitment to phase out new cars that rely solely on internal combustion engines from 2030 and then to phase out all new non-zero emission cars and vans from 2035 correspond to a range of national and sub-national targets globally through a variety of different measures. In the G20, Canada has targets of 60% and 100% zero emission in 2030 and 2035 respectively, France, Germany, and Italy follow the EU targets that will require a 35% reduction in car CO2 emissions in 2030 and a 100% reduction in 2035, and 17 US states and the District of Columbia have committed to 100% zero emission cars from 2035.