Ministerial vehicle use statistics: FOI release

Information requested

1. The total number of ministerial vehicles used for official business by Scottish Government ministers.

2. The age of the total number of vehicles, broken down by year of manufacture.

3. Information relating to the number of cars which are compliant with the requirements set out in the Transport Scotland Low Emission Zones Scotland document, in order to be compliant with emissions requirements.

4. Confirmation as to whether ministerial cars will be made exempt from penalty charges related to the operation of a Low Emission Zone in any one of the currently confirmed areas (Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow).

Response

The total number of vehicles used by the Government Car Service (GCS), broken down by year of registration, are provided in the table below.

Make and model	Year of registration	Number on fleet
Kia Optima PHEV	Jan-19	8
Volvo V90 PHEV	Mar-19	1
Volvo V90 PHEV	Aug-19	1
Kia E-Niro	Sep-19	1
Volvo V90 PHEV	Sep-19	3
Tesla Model 3	Mar-20	2
Tesla Model 3	Dec-20	1
Volvo V90 PHEV	Jan-21	1
Volvo S90 PHEV	Feb-21	1
Tesla Model 3	Mar-21	7
Kia EV6	Feb-22	2
	Total	28

All Government Car Service (GCS) vehicles are compliant with low emission requirements, as set out in The Low Emission Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2021.

Local authorities are responsible for the enforcement of low emission zones (LEZ), with exemptions applied through the LEZ Regulations passed by the Scottish Government.

Under these regulations there are no exemptions for GCS vehicles.

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