Government Car Service
(asked on 12th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Government Car Service departmental pool cars are allocated to each Department; and what the fuel type is of each car.
The table below lists the number of Departmental Pool Cars allocated to each Government Department including fuel type:
Department | Number of Cars | Fuel Type |
Cabinet Office | 3 | Battery Electric |
Cabinet Office | 3 | Diesel |
Cabinet Office | 1 | Petrol |
BEIS | 2 | Petrol Hybrid |
BEIS | 1 | Battery Electric |
BEIS | 1 | Petrol |
MHCLG | 4 | Petrol Hybrid |
DCMS | 1 | Battery Electric |
DCMS | 2 | Petrol Hybrid |
DCMS | 1 | Petrol |
DEFRA | 1 | Petrol Hybrid |
DEFRA | 1 | Petrol |
DFE | 1 | Battery Electric |
DFE | 1 | Petrol |
DFID | 1 | Battery Electric |
DFID | 1 | Petrol Hybrid |
DfT | 3 | Petrol Hybrid |
DfT | 1 | Battery Electric |
DHSC | 2 | Petrol Hybrid |
DHSC | 1 | Petrol |
DHSC | 1 | Battery Electric |
HMT | 1 | Battery Electric |
HMT | 1 | Petrol |
Home Office | 4 | Petrol Hybrid |
AGO | 1 | Battery Electric |
AGO | 1 | Petrol Hybrid |
DIT | 1 | Battery Electric |
DIT | 1 | Petrol |
DWP | 2 | Diesel |
With the support of DfT, the Government Car Service (GCS) is replacing its fleet with Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) as vehicles become due for replacement. Currently 48% of the GCS fleet is now either battery electric, petrol/electric hybrid or hydrogen, and we are actively looking at options to accelerate this transition.