Question follow-through · 114651
Electric Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that there is the right level of electric vehicle maintenance and repair skills to support the projected increase in electric vehicle adoption.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that there is the right level of electric vehicle maintenance and repair skills to support the projected increase in electric vehicle adoption.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring the UK has the skills needed to support the growing number of zero emission electric vehicles. According to the Institute of the Motor Industry, around 71,942 technicians (26% of the UK’s total) are qualified to wor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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