Question follow-through · 123817
Hybrid Vehicles: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116554, whether her Department has corroborated the findings of Thatcham Research; whether any UK fire and rescue services have provided data on hybrid vehicle
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116554, whether her Department has corroborated the findings of Thatcham Research; whether any UK fire and rescue services have provided data on hybrid vehicle
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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17 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department has not corroborated the findings of Thatcham Research, nor has it received data on hybrid vehicle fire incidents from Fire & Rescue Services. The Chief Scientific Advisors at the Department for Transport and Ministry for Housing, Commu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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