Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for a vehicle scrappage scheme in (a) Greater London and (b) neighbouring counties.

Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and TfL.

This includes decisions with regards to road schemes which charge users such as the Mayor’s decision to expand the ULEZ, which were in his Transport Plan, backed by the Liberal Democrat Group in the London Assembly.

The Mayor of London has received over £6 billion since March 2020. We have been clear that Government grant funding, via the longer-term funding settlement, cannot be used to cover the cost of implementing his ULEZ expansion.

The Mayor must cover this cost through alternative sources.

It is for the Mayor to consider the need and budget for any funding the impact his decision has on drivers and businesses impacted inside and outside of London.