Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the proportion of zero-emissions vehicles in (a) its own fleet, (b) each of its agencies' fleets and (c) the public sector fleet as a whole has been in each of the last five years.
A breakdown of the Scottish Government fleet (including pool, Government Car Service and Transport Scotland) over the last 5 years is provided in the following table.
Year | Zero Emission % |
2020-21 | 13% |
2021-22 | 27% |
2022-23 | 27% |
2023-24 | 27% |
2024-25 (1) | 27% |
Notes
1.Data range 01 April to 22 October 2024.
Transport Scotland holds information on the composition of the public sector fleet based on responses to surveys of vehicle type in 2020, 2022 and 2023, this information is summarised in the following table for Scottish Government agencies. Transport Scotland does not hold information for each of the last 5 years.
Executive Agencies | 2020 Zero Emission % | 2022 Zero Emission % | 2023 Zero Emission % |
Accountancy in Bankruptcy | No Fleet | No Fleet | No Fleet |
Disclosure Scotland | No Data Held | No Fleet | No Fleet |
Education Scotland | No Fleet | No Fleet | No Fleet |
Forestry and Land Scotland | No Data Held | 4% | 15% |
Scottish Forestry | 0.14% | 8% | 17% |
Scottish Pensions Agency | No Fleet | No Fleet | No Fleet |
Scottish Prison Service | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Social Security Scotland | 0% | 50% | 75% |
Student Awards Agency for Scotland | No Data Held | Data Not Held | No Fleet |
Data collected by Transport Scotland in 2020,2022 and 2023 indicates that there are around 30,000 vehicles in the public sector fleet, the following table shows the % of zero emission vehicles in the fleet in each of the years that data was collected.
Public Sector Fleet | % Vehicles that are Zero Emission |
2020 | 5% |
2022 | 12% |
2023 | 17% |