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Electric Vehicles: Low Incomes

Asked by Dr Scott ArthurLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 21 April 2026UIN 127372

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s policies on (a) electric vehicle uptake, (b) automotive production, and (c) transport affordability for lower-income households of the French social leasing scheme.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Department regularly engages with French counterparts on policy, including support for zero emission vehicles, and is carefully reviewing the recent (10 April) announcement of the third iteration of the French Government’s Social Leasing scheme.

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