Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 71518

Electric Vehicles: Grants

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Sarah Edwards

LabourTamworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of excluding used battery electric vehicles from eligibility for the new Electric Car Grant on (a) market uptake, (b) affordability and (c) value

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Electric Car Grant (ECG) is designed to cut costs for drivers who want to switch to a new electric car, as well as supporting environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes. The Government expects that the ECG will have some benefit in the used m...

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