Asked by: John Spellar (Labour - Warley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 72801 on Official Cars: Production, how many Ford Mondeo hybrid cars there are in the Government Car Service fleet.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
There are 21 Ford Mondeo hybrid cars in the Government Car Service (GCS) fleet. These are due for replacement with Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV’s) within the next 18 months.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the Government's fleet vehicles are produced; and whether the production of those vehicles uses UK steel.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Information on all Government fleets is not held centrally and this response is for the Government Car Service fleet which operates as a division of the Department for Transport. The table indicates the material that the car bodies are manufactured from, also indicating if UK steel has been used.
Make | Model | Country of Build | Material Used for Car Body | UK Steel Yes/No |
Nissan | LEAF | UK (Sunderland) | Steel | Yes |
Jaguar | I-PACE | Austria (Graz) | Aluminium | Yes* |
Jaguar | F-PACE | UK (Solihull) | Aluminium & Steel | Yes* |
Jaguar | XF | UK (Castle Bromwich) | Aluminium & Steel | Yes* |
Jaguar | XJ | UK (Castle Bromwich) | Aluminium | Yes* |
Land Rover | Range Rover | UK (Solihull) | Aluminium | Yes* |
Honda | CRV | UK (Swindon) | Steel | Yes |
Ford | Mondeo Hybrid | Spain (Valencia) | Steel | No |
Ford | Galaxy | Portugal | Steel | No |
*Jaguar Land Rover: British steel is used in mixed material bodies, and in components on all car lines.
51% of the GCS car fleet were built in the UK.
Asked by: John Spellar (Labour - Warley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the Government's fleet vehicles are produced; and whether they are made using UK steel.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Information on all Government fleets is not held centrally and this response is for the Government Car Service fleet which operates as a division of the Department for Transport. The attached table indicates the material that the car bodies are manufactured from, also indicating if UK steel has been used.