Question follow-through · 106911
Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Boost for British business as government slashes cost of electric lorries by up to £120,000, published on 6 January 2026, how many and what proportion of lorr
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Boost for British business as government slashes cost of electric lorries by up to £120,000, published on 6 January 2026, how many and what proportion of lorr
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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27 Jan 2026
Answer published
As of September 2025, there were 1,313 battery-electric HGVs on UK roads (VEH1103): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tables.The £18 million Plug-in Truck Grant Uplift announced on 6 January 2026, which ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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