Department for Transport: Motor Vehicles

(asked on 2nd November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many vehicles are (1) in the Department for Transport (DfT) fleet, and (2) in the fleets of those agencies that report to the DfT and otherwise operate under its authority: and how many of those vehicles, in each such organisation, are (a) fully electric, and (b) hybrid.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 16th November 2020

The Department for Transport (DfT) consists of a Central Department and 4 Executive Agencies.

The DfT as a whole has 1,860 vehicles in total consisting of:

  • 156 ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV) of which:

o 22 are Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV); and

o 134 are plug in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) or mild hybrid;

  • 43 petrol vehicles;
  • 1,326 diesel vehicles; and
  • 335 motorbikes/ specialist LCV.

Please see the table below for the full breakdown of vehicles by Agency and type (please note the Government Car Service operates under the central department).

DfT organisation

Total no. vehicles

BEV

Hybrid

Petrol

Diesel

Other

Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)

32

2

9

0

21

0

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

1220

1

97

8

779

335 motorbikes/ specialist LCVs

Government Car Service

92

18

26

28

20

0

Maritime & Coast Guard Agency (MCA)

510

0

0

7

503

0

Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)

6

1

2

0

3

0

Totals

1,860

22

134

43

1326

335

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