Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 106845

Cars: Hire Services

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving the BVRLA guidelines on Fair Wear and Tear onto a statutory basis for people hiring cars.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has not made a specific assessment of the potential merits of moving the BVRLA guidelines on Fair Wear and Tear onto a statutory basis for people hiring cars.BVLRA members are bound by the BVLRA's Code of Conduc...

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