Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat). It was answered by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Vehicle Scrappage Scheme

Question: How much funding has been disbursed under the vehicle scrappage scheme to date.

Answer: More than 110,800 orders for new vehicles have been placed since the scrappage scheme was announced in the Budget. July vehicle registration figures are not published yet, so I cannot give an exact answer. However, industry has indicated that total sales in June were 15 per cent. higher than forecast. To date, £15,080,000 has been paid out, and a further £14.5 million-worth of claims from manufacturers are being processed for payment.

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