Question follow-through · 111544
Electric Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the proportion of automotive technicians qualified to work on electric vehicles.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the proportion of automotive technicians qualified to work on electric vehicles.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring the UK has the right vehicle maintenance and repair skills to remain at the forefront of the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). According to the Institute of the Motor Industry there are 71,942 qualified EV tech...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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