Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185865 on Diesel Vehicles, how many diesel vans were registered for the first time in each region of England in (a) 2022 and (b) each month in 2023.

The number of new diesel vans (light goods vehicles) registered to keepers in each region of England in a) 2022 and (b) each month in 2023, is given in the tables below for the period for which data are available:

Note that the keeper of the vehicle is responsible for registering and taxing the vehicle only. The keeper of the vehicle is not necessarily the owner or the driver, e.g. fleet vehicles owned by companies. Most (93% in 2022) new registrations of diesel vans were to company keepers.