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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electric Vehicles: Motorcycles (8 March 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the use of electric mopeds and motorbikes by delivery companies in urban areas.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

Answer

The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) provides grants for plug-in cars, vans, lorries, taxis and motorcycles, as well as funding to support charge point infrastructure at homes, workplaces, on residential streets and across the wider roads network.

Through the plug-in motorcycle grant (PIMG), zero emission mopeds and motorcycles are eligible for a grant of 20% up to £1,500. UK delivery companies and their riders are able to take advantage of this grant. Since the scheme launched in 2016, over 2,600 PIMG-eligible motorcycles have been registered in the UK.

Last year, the Government announced £582m to support consumer grants, including extending the PIMG to 2022-23.


Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
12 March 2021

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