Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 113197

Motor Vehicles: Insurance

Tabled: 12 February 2026

Answered: 27 February 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review existing guidance on the categorisation and repair of written-off vehicles, in the context of advancing vehicle technologies, including electric and hybrid vehicles.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Government has no plans to promote awareness of vehicle write-off categories or to make the Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) Code of Practice for the Categorisation of Motor Vehicle Salvage (‘Code of Practice’) statutory. This is because the cod...

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