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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electric Vehicles

Asked by Josh NewburyLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 12 June 2025UIN 49486

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The below table shows the number and proportion of lease cars that are electric vehicles. Please note that:

- Lease cars relate to the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Rural Payments Agency, Natural England, Marine Management Organisation, and Yorkshire Dales National Park only.

- These figures do not include hire cars.

Description

Volume

Electric Vehicles

Proportion

Lease Cars

3,051

1,971

65%

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