Question follow-through · 127025

Electric Vehicles: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2026 to Question 123507 on Electric Vehicles, where the remaining amount of the committed £7.5 billion funding will be spent.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2026 to Question 123507 on Electric Vehicles, where the remaining amount of the committed £7.5 billion funding will be spent.

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is investing more than £7.5 billion in the transition to zero emission vehicles, as follows:£4 billion on DRIVE35 to support zero emission vehicle manufacturing and R&D in the UK, to 2035.£2 billion on the Electric Car Grant to cut to c...

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