Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.

The Department has a contract with Enterprise for car hire. In the 2024/25 financial year there were 672 rentals, of which 4 were electric vehicle (EV) rentals (0.61%). All vehicle types were rented for 1672 days in total, of which 7 were EV rental days (0.42%).