Written question asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) on Friday, 21 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. It was answered by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Monday, 3 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Highways England: Vehicles

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26900 on Highways England: Vehicles, whether her Department plans to sell National Highway’s (a) diesel and (b) plug-in hybrid vehicles before 2027; and when those vehicles were purchased.

Answer

Operational decisions on its vehicle fleet are made by National Highways; the fleet replacement strategy is to retain vehicles for an operational period of around 3 to 4 years, subject to factors such as mileage, general condition, and suitability for ongoing operational use. National Highways contracts with vehicle disposal agents that use auction services to repurpose and sell its vehicles at the end of their operational life.

The table below details the current number of diesel and plug-in hybrid vehicles which were added to National Highways’ fleet (by year, since 2018) to align with the governments’ Road to Zero Strategy for vehicle replacements.

On fleet date	Number of Vehicles	Fuel Type
2018	1	Diesel
2018	0	PHEV
2019	5	Diesel
2019	2	PHEV
2020	5	Diesel
2020	15	PHEV
2021	0	Diesel
2021	128	PHEV
2022	0	Diesel
2022	174	PHEV
2023	0	Diesel
2023	195	PHEV
2024	0	Diesel
2024	75	PHEV

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Type: Written question
Reference: 32674
Session: 2024-26
Related items: National Highways: Motor Vehicles
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Sales Vehicles Highways England
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Highways England: Vehicles

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