Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage hauliers to switch to alternatives to diesel engines.

The Government has implemented measures to encourage the uptake of alternatively-fuelled commercial vehicles. These include increasing rewards for renewable gaseous fuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, the £11m Low Carbon Truck Trial, extending the Plug-in Van Grant to encompass heavier lorries, and a £20m Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition. We have also committed £20 million funding to enable the freight and logistics sector to trial the very latest in innovative low and zero emission vehicle technologies in their fleets.