Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2017 to Question 68777, if he will provide the number of (a) Audis, (b) SEATs, (c) VW commercial vehicles and (d) VW private cars to which fixes had been applied by the time of the January and February meetings.
Answered by John Hayes
During my meetings with representatives from Volkswagen on 16th January and 6th February, I was informed of the overall number of ‘fixes’ that had been applied to the 1.2 million affected vehicles and pressed them to ensure these were being implemented as quickly as possible for UK consumers.
Officials meet with Volkswagen on a monthly basis and are provided with the detailed information requested. This is set out in the table and includes the most recent meeting on 20th March 2017.
| Number of vehicles reported ‘fixed’ on: | ||
17th January 2017 | 21st February 2017 | 20th March 2017 | |
Audi | 142,452 | 175,507 | 197,521 |
SEAT | 15,438 | 25,253 | 29,844 |
VW commercial vehicles | 11,395 | 20,839 | 25,088 |
VW passenger cars | 167,560 | 228,991 | 262,162 |
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have taken place between Ministers of his Department and Volkswagen's UK representative since December 2016 to discuss Volkswagen's manipulation of emissions tests; and how many cars affected by that scandal had been rectified at the date of each of those meetings.
Answered by John Hayes
The Government takes the actions of Volkswagen extremely seriously and we continue to press them to resolve issues including compensation and a warranty for UK consumers.
I have held two meetings with representatives from the company since December 2016 and written to them on four separate occasions. On 16 January I met with Paul Willis, Managing Director of VW UK, and on 6 February I met with Dr Garcia Sanz, a member of the Volkswagen Management Board, and VW UK representatives. By the time of the January meeting Volkswagen had applied ‘fixes’ to 350,000 affected vehicles in the UK and by the time of the February meeting this was 402,000.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in the Government Car Service have been found to be fitted with emissions defeat devices; and how many of those devices have been removed from such vehicles.
Answered by John Hayes
The Government Car Service have no vehicles fitted with emission defeat devices in their fleet and as such no removal work has been necessary.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of his Department cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical, and in that context all relevant legislation is currently being identified and assessed.
The Government will set out the content of the Bill and its implications in due course.