Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, if she will provide a breakdown of programmes the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is undertaking to decarbonise its driving test centre and vehicle inspection estate by 2050; and what total funding has been allocated to these schemes.

To decarbonise its operational estate the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will:

Rationalise its current estate:

• Close and dispose of surplus Goods Vehicle Test Sites (GVTS).
• As leases expire at driving test centres, relocate into more modern and energy efficient buildings as appropriate.

Refurbish sites to remove gas and install renewable technologies:

• Spending Review funding was obtained to refurbish and carry out Net Zero works at six operational hubs.
• DVSA has a rolling programme to refurbish all of its 52 multi-purpose test centres (MPTCs). Each decarbonised MPTC saves approximately five tonnes CO₂e.

The total cost to complete refurbishment for ten MPTCs this year is £6,040,836, which includes decarbonisation measures.

Approximately £10 million per annum is planned for estates investment across the remainder of the medium long-term Plan/Spending Review period, this is total investment funding, including decarbonisation works which will be prioritised in line with DVSA’s published sustainability strategy available on GOV.UK.