Cars: Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 5th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 451 on Cars: Exhaust Emissions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to move the ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035 on (a) public health and (b) other matters; and whether his Department has plans to conduct further impact assessments.


Answered by
Anthony Browne Portrait
Anthony Browne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 12th December 2023

The Department has not completed any assessment on the air quality impact of the decision to delay the end of sale date for new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035. However, the Government has laid the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 before the Houses of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd Cymru on 16th October,which implements the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate across Great Britain.

The ZEV mandate is Government biggest carbon reduction measure and will significantly reduce tail pipe emissions as set out in the cost benefit analysis published by the Department. All impacts, including public health, are detailed in the impact assessment: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252453/pdfs/ukdsiod_9780348252453_en_001.pdf

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