Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2026 to Question 35212 on Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the annual Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate trajectories on retention of the 2030 and 2035 phase-out dates for new petrol and diesel vehicles.

The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate Review consultation, which sought views from the public and stakeholders to consider the ZEV Mandate, ended on 23 October. We are reviewing the responses to the consultation and aim to publish our response with the devolved governments by the end of the year. No policy decisions have been made yet regarding the headline trajectories or any other aspect of the Mandate. The end goal of the transition remains the same with new cars relying solely on internal combustion engines to be phased out by 2030, and all new cars and vans to be zero emission by 2035.