Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help increase the adoption of electric vehicles.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Government grants have been in place for over a decade to help reduce the up-front purchase price of electric vehicles, with over £1.8 billion in grant funding provided since 2011. Grants remain available for vans, trucks, wheelchair accessible vehicles and taxis. Favourable tax benefits also remain in place to support the transition to EVs.
These policies are working. March 2024 saw the highest ever recorded volume of monthly battery electric vehicle registrations in the UK, with manufacturers reporting over 48,000 vehicles sold.
As stated in the Plan for Drivers, the Government will also continue to support the uptake of zero emission vehicles, by addressing common misconceptions and showing how they can be a practical option for most drivers.
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Smarter regulation: one year onFound: services by 2028, regular drone deliveries across our skies by 2027 and demos of autonomous flying taxis
Mentions:
1: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) Blackpool is experiencing the scourge of unlicensed taxis in our treasured seaside resort. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) This needs to be urgently resolved.I turn to taxis, another critical part of our public transport infrastructure - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) The council has recently announced a further extension, beyond June 2024, to the exemption for some taxis - Speech Link
2: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) secretary said:“Unlike other major cities in Scotland, Glasgow City Council does not have an age limit on taxis - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 15 2024
Committee: Petitions CommitteeFound: ” • “Taxis and delivery vans dare not go into parts for fear of fines, even when they can (signage
Oral Evidence May. 15 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: There are now studies showing that in cars used as taxis, for example, doing 200,000 to 300,000
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: where women who do not drive, have no one to drive them to hospital, have funding for the use of taxis
Found: (2) For the purposes of this section “public transport” must include— (a) buses, trains, taxis
Found: (2) For the purposes of this section “public transport” must include— (a) buses, trains, taxis