Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s length bodies have spent on (i) installing electric vehicle charging facilities and (ii) purchasing electric vehicles since 4 July 2024; and what estimate their Department has made of the difference in capital cost between (A) the electric vehicles purchased by their Department and (B) comparable (1) petrol and (2) diesel models.

The Department has not purchased any electric vehicles since 4 July 2024.

The Department has also not incurred any expenditure on the installation of electric vehicle charging facilities since 4 July 2024.

We do not hold information of this nature in relation to our arm’s length bodies.