Question follow-through · 87868
Department for Business and Trade: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s length bodies have spent on (i) installing electric vehicle charging facilities and (ii) purchasing electric vehicles since 4 July 2024; and what estimat
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s length bodies have spent on (i) installing electric vehicle charging facilities and (ii) purchasing electric vehicles since 4 July 2024; and what estimat
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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17 Nov 2025
Answer published
Since 4 July 2024, the Department for Business and Trade and its arm’s length bodies have spent £9,066.00 on the installation of electric vehicle charging facilities.The Department and its arm’s length bodies have not purchased any electric vehicles since...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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