Question follow-through · 114108
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Tyres
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information their Department holds on (a) the proportion of tyres procured that were re-tread tyres for (i) Department-operated and (ii) commercially contracted heavy vehicle flee
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information their Department holds on (a) the proportion of tyres procured that were re-tread tyres for (i) Department-operated and (ii) commercially contracted heavy vehicle flee
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2026
Answer published
There are no re-tread tyres procured for Defra Group-operated heavy goods fleets. Defra Group operates 33 heavy goods vehicles. Three of these vehicles are fitted with re-tread tyres; however, there are only eight re-tread tyres on these vehicles. These t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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