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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hybrid and (d) electric (i) cars, (ii) vans and (iii) other vehicles his Department hired in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
13 Nov 2024
Answer
4 Dec 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hybrid and (d) electric (i) cars, (ii) vans and (iii) other vehicles his Department hired in each of the last five years.

  2. 13 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The data for Defra has been provided by our supplier of hire cars “Enterprise”. Data from Enterprise shows the following: Hires:FuelNo of hires Petrol5,171Diesel660EV/Hybrid174 Due to time constraints, we have only engaged with our main vehicle hire suppl...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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