Electric Vehicles

(asked on 17th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of subsidies and financial incentives provided from the public purse has been by scheme for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in each of the last five financial years.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 24th April 2018

The cost of the plug-in vehicle grants* covering the period from 2013/14 to 2017/18 is set out in the table below:

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

Total

Cost (£)

21,187,337

94,359,000

226,087,000

95,602,000

165,519,278

602,754,615

Vehicles supported

5,146

22,838

39,196

30,621

51,500

149,301

The Government incentivises the purchase of electric vehicles with a grant for consumers to offset the cost of this technology, this approach provides both environmental and industrial benefits. In March 2016, the Plug-in Car Grant was reduced from £5,000 to £4,500 for eligible electric and fuel cell electric vehicles and from £5,000 to £2,500 for qualifying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The changes in grant level led to a short term increase in take-up prior to the new rates being implemented, particularly for plug in hybrids.

*includes Plug-in car, van, motorcycle and taxi grants

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