Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2026 to Question 31308 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what the current assumptions underpinning her Department's total cost of ownership analysis for zero-emission heavy goods vehicles are, including assumptions relating to (a) vehicle purchase costs, (b) energy prices, (c) charging infrastructure costs, (d) maintenance costs, (e) vehicle residual values and (f) annual mileage.

Further detail regarding the assumptions underpinning total cost of ownership will be published alongside the next consultation on the HGV CO2 emissions regulatory framework.