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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1611076/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has set out ambitious targets for the transition to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) and has identified three key areas which we are supporting to make that ambition a reality:<\/p><ol><li>Vehicles - Government grants have been in place for over a decade to help reduce the up-front purchase price of electric vehicles. Grants remain in place for harder to transition vehicles along with favourable tax incentives. In addition, as the global transition to electric vehicles quickens, the recently announced ZEV mandate on new cars and vans will ensure the UK\u2019s share of ZEVs increases.<\/li><li>Infrastructure \u2013 The Government is aware how important the reliability and availability of chargepoints are for EV drivers and its EV Infrastructure Strategy sets out its plans to accelerate the rollout of EV chargepoints. The rollout of EV charging infrastructure will be supported by the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund and the Rapid Charging Fund (RCF). The LEVI fund will support local authorities to work with industry and transform the availability of charging infrastructure for drivers without off-street parking. The RCF will future-proof the electrical capacity at strategic locations to support ultra-rapid en-route charging.<\/li><li>Energy system - The Government expects the transition to EVs to create significant new demand for electricity, and it has mechanisms in place to cope with this. The capacity market is the Government\u2019s principal tool for ensuring security of supply and is supported by the Contracts for Difference scheme which supports significant investment in low carbon generation.<\/li><\/ol><p>With more than one million plug-in vehicles on UK roads and industry figures showing that one in five new cars sold in 2022 had a plug, we are on track for mass adoption of zero emission vehicles over the next decade.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what limitations they have identified with respect to meeting the dates planned for banning the sale of new petrol and diesel internal combustion motor cars.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/302", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Rooker"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1606410", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1606410/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government recognises that a whole package of measures is needed to support the switch to zero emission driving.<\/p><p>HM Treasury has ensured that EVs continue to benefit from a favourable tax regime. There are now over a million plug-in vehicles on UK roads, the majority of which are exempt or pay minimal VED. From 2025, electric vehicles will still have preferential first year rates of VED in comparison to the most polluting vehicles.\u202fThere are also preferential rates of company car tax for EVs out to April 2028. These measures will continue to support the uptake of electric vehicles.<\/p><p>Ministers across government departments continue to collaborate on the implementation of the Net Zero Strategy. In the Strategy, the Government announced that it will introduce a zero emission vehicle mandate, setting targets for a percentage of manufacturers' new car and van sales to be zero emission each year from 2024. The Government will shortly publish more details on the design of the ZEV mandate, including uptake trajectories, and accompanying CO2 emissions regulation.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-03-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-03-27T10:15:01.18Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take further steps with Cabinet colleagues to encourage road users to transition away from petrol and diesel vehicles, in the context of Net Zero targets.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4443", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Carol Monaghan"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Glasgow North West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Carol Monaghan"}
      ], "uin" : "171453"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1470229", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1470229/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Data for vehicle sales is not available, however the number of cars registered for the first time in the United Kingdom for the last five years is shown in the table.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>All Fuel Types<\/p><\/td><td><p>Battery Electric Cars<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,564,330<\/p><\/td><td><p>13,913<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,394,042<\/p><\/td><td><p>15,756<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,346,576<\/p><\/td><td><p>38,007<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2020<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,656,403<\/p><\/td><td><p>107,913<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,677,245<\/p><\/td><td><p>190,420<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Source: Department for Transport (DfT) and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4593", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Trudy Harrison"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Copeland"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Trudy Harrison"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-06-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of sales of (a) new cars and (b) electric vehicles in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4378", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Colleen Fletcher"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coventry North East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Colleen Fletcher"}
      ], "uin" : "17953"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1273761", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1273761/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government announced the outcome of the consultation in the PM\u2019s Ten Point Plan. We are going further and faster to decarbonise transport by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, and, from 2035, all new cars and vans must be zero emissions at the tailpipe. Between 2030 and 2035, new cars and vans can be sold if they have the capability to drive a significant distance with zero emissions [for example plug-in or full hybrids]. The meaning of \u2018significant zero emission capability\u2019 will be defined by consultation in 2021. Alongside the new phase out dates government has pledged a further £2.8 billion package of measures to support industry and consumers to make the switch to cleaner vehicles. The Government\u2019s written response to the consultation will be published in due course. We will publish a clear delivery plan in 2021.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4668", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachel Maclean"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Redditch"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rachel Maclean"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-01-12T12:30:34.26Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-01-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Motor Vehicles: Sales"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on responding to its consultation entitled Consulting on ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans which closed on 31 July 2020; and how he plans to align the outcomes of that consultation with the Government\u2019s ambition to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 as set out in the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution published in November 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4743", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lee Anderson"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ashfield"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lee Anderson"}
      ], "uin" : "134155"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1183160", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1183160/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>On the 4 February the Prime Minister announced a consultation on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible. The consultation was published on 20 February.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This follows our manifesto commitment and reflects the independent Committee on Climate Change advice that the phase out date should be 2035 or ideally 2030, and that only battery electric or other zero emission vehicles should be permitted to be sold after this point.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As part of this consultation, we are asking what the accompanying package of support will need to be to enable the transition and to minimise the impacts on businesses and consumers across the UK, building on the significant demand and supply side measures already in place. We are already engaging with stakeholders on this issue and plan to conclude the consultation in the summer.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Vere of Norbiton"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-03-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-03-19T12:05:30.41Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-03-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Motor Vehicles: Sales"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 26 February (HL1555), when they intend to consult on bringing forward the ending of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 to 2035 or earlier if a faster transition appears possible.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4282", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"}
      ], "uin" : "HL2252"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166693", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166693/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department does not hold any information relating to methods by which vehicles are purchased.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4020", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Freeman"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Norfolk"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Freeman"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Motor Vehicles: Sales"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the proportion of (a) petrol and diesel and (b) electric (i) cars and (ii) other vehicles bought through (A) purchase, (B) financed purchase, (C) leasing arrangements and (D) other arrangements in each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Damian Hinds"}
      ], "uin" : "6342"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/914771", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/914771/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Last month the Prime Minister, set out a mission to put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles and for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040. Ministers and officials hold regular discussions with the automotive industry and those representing dealerships on promoting the sale of electric and other ultra-low emission vehicles. The joint Government-industry Go Ultra Low campaign is now into its fourth year and aims to inform vehicle purchasers about the benefits of electric and other ultra-low emission vehicles and to dispel widespread myths.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with major car dealerships on promoting the sale of electric and other ultra-low emission vehicles.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1591", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tim Farron"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Westmorland and Lonsdale"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tim Farron"}
      ], "uin" : "148713"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/906401", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/906401/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government\u2019s ambition is for almost every car and van to be zero emission by 2050. In order to achieve this, we have said we will end the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040. This level of ambition will help ensure we deliver our air quality and greenhouse gas reduction ambitions, including our commitment to the Paris Agreement. It will also put the UK at the forefront of the global transition to cleaner road transport and help ensure our automotive sector continues to thrive and create good jobs across the country.<\/p><p>We are due to publish the Road to Zero strategy shortly which will set out further detail on the Government\u2019s ambition and plans for the transition to zero emission road transport. This will draw on a wide range of evidence including the work of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).<\/p><p>We expect the transition to zero emission vehicles to be industry and consumer-led, with Government monitoring developments closely. Against a rapidly evolving international context, we will seek to maintain ambitious targets and our leadership position, intervening firmly if not enough progress is being made.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in 2030 as opposed to 2040 in order to meet the Government's commitments under the Paris Agreement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4632", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna McMorrin"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anna McMorrin"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/905687", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/905687/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government\u2019s ambition is for almost every car and van to be zero emission by 2050. In order to achieve this, we have said we will end the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040. Our ambition is supported by one of the most comprehensive packages of support in the world for ultra low emission vehicles, and we have one of the biggest markets in Europe for ultra low emission vehicles. Meeting the 2040 commitment should be industry-led, with Government monitoring developments closely. Against a rapidly evolving international context, we will seek to maintain ambitious targets and our leadership position, intervening firmly if not enough progress is being made. Government\u2019s role in the decarbonisation of road transport will be set out in the forthcoming zero emission road transport strategy.<\/p>"}
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