PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Motor Vehicles: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (19 November 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to encourage the take-up of liquid petroleum gas conversions by taxis and vans.

Asked by:
Rebecca Harris (Conservative)

Answer

The Department for Transport (DfT), working with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, have evaluated a range of options for tackling poor air quality; this formed the basis of the Government’s draft air quality plans that recently went to public consultation. Switching to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) can provide air quality benefits but may not be easily deployed in all vehicle types.


As part of DfT’s 2014 Clean Vehicle Technology Fund (CVTF) grant scheme, Birmingham City Council were awarded £500,000 to enable the conversion of 80 older black cabs from diesel to LPG which will help improve air quality on some of the most polluted roads.


There may be the opportunity to support further conversions if government launches further retrofit programmes in future years.



Answered by:
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
24 November 2015

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