Question follow-through · 49488

Department for Transport: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    Under the previous contract, which ended on 31 March 2025, the contract’s Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) did not differentiate between Electric Vehicle or Internal Combustion Engine hires so the Department for Transport does not hold the requested inf...

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