Question follow-through · 40700

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure on electric vehicles through the Motability scheme was in the most recent year for which data is available.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure on electric vehicles through the Motability scheme was in the most recent year for which data is available.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Department works closely with Motability Foundation and is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme. Motability Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the ter...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Motability

26 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses to assess the value for money of the Motability scheme's investments in electric vehicles.

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27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on monitoring the misuse of Motability vehicles identified by police forces.

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28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service takes to (a) recover historic arrears owed to a parent by a paying parent who has since become the receiving parent and (b) resolve cases where a parent is requi

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Children: Maintenance

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service takes to ensure that a paying parent's stated preference regarding their payment arrangement is recorded and taken into account before a final decision is made;