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Recommendation 29
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The Joint Air Quality Unit estimates that a targeted vehicle upgrade scheme would need to...
Conclusion
The Joint Air Quality Unit estimates that a targeted vehicle upgrade scheme would need to upgrade 34% to 89% of frequent vehicles to bring forward compliance by two to four years.51 Government has recently withdrawn grants that were available to support people purchasing electric cars; it told us that this was due to the scheme exceeding its goals, and that funding for electric vehicles will now focus instead on infrastructure.52 43 Follow-up response submitted by Defra and DfT dated 11 July 2022 44 Qq 10, 21 45 Q 42 46 LAQ0004 47 C&AG’s Report, 3.15 48 C&AG’s Report, 1.14 49 C&AG’s Report, 3.8 50 Q 36 51 C&AG’s Report, paras 2.5, 3.19 52 Q 24 14 Tackling local air quality breaches
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 14 December 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗