Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the announcement of 25 March 2026 entitled £1 billion to cut costs for businesses, drive growth and clean up UK roads, a) how much funding has been allocated to the Depot Charging Scheme in each financial year covered by the announcement, b) what estimate her Department has made of the number of (i) electric vans and (ii) zero emission HGVs expected to be supported by the funding, and (c) how much of this funding is expected to be made available to (i) SMEs and (ii) large businesses.

£171 million has been allocated to the Depot Charging Scheme for financial year 2026/27 out to Financial Year 2029/30, with £28 million confirmed for the 2026/27 Financial Year and £38 million for 2027/28. Grant rates and future application windows will be confirmed in due course. The Zero Emission Van Grant and the Zero Emission Truck Grant are demand led and the number of grants offered will be dependent on the needs of SMEs and large businesses across the UK.