Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 82739 on Electric Vehicles: Grants, whether her Department holds provisional data on the country of manufacture of vehicles subsidised through the Electric Vehicle Grant Scheme during the 2025–26 financial year; what the average time lag is between an order and the payment of a grant; and when the Department expects to hold complete data for that period.

A completed order is defined as logged on the grant portal, registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and delivered to the customer within nine calendar months. The Department does hold provisional order data for the total 2025-26 scheme year.

As of 23 October, a provisional total of over 27,800 Electric Car Grant orders have been placed since launch. The Department expects to hold completed data for the 2025-26 financial year in line with the definition of completion: nine months following the end of the 2025-26 financial year (January 2027).