Written question asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 January 2025. It was answered by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 February 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
National Highways: Motor Vehicles
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Highways England vehicles that were (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric in each year between 2014 and 2024.
- Answer
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National Highways keeps records of the vehicles that make up its fleet; the breakdown of vehicle fuel type between 2014 and 2024 can be found in the table below.
Vehicle Type
Year
Petrol
Diesel
Hydrogen
Hybrid
Plug-in Hybrid
Fully Electric
2014
0
685
0
0
0
0
2015
0
717
0
0
0
0
2016
0
730
0
0
0
1
2017
0
755
0
0
0
1
2018
0
784
0
0
0
1
2019
0
826
0
0
35
1
2020
0
833
0
0
312
19
2021
0
833
0
0
440
20
2022
0
762
0
0
616
39
2023
0
597
0
0
811
57
2024
0
460
0
0
883
132
National Highways have an ambitious plan for their non-traffic officer vehicles to be 100% electric by 2027, with traffic officer vehicles to be 100% electric by 2030 (as laid out in their Net zero highways: our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan).
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 26900
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Subjects
- Motor vehicles National Highways
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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