Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 82803

Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals mandating that second hand electric vehicles are sold with (a) conformity and (b) battery health check certificates.

Answer

Keir Mather
The Government currently has no plans to mandate that second hand vehicles are sold with certificates of conformity or battery health certificates. Manufacturers are currently required to issue a certificate of conformity with each new vehicle. A vehicle ...

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