Vehicles in use by the Scottish Government by fuel or energy type: EIR release

Information requested

Breakdown of vehicles in use (owned / leased) within each department of the Scottish Government by fuel or energy type, e.g. petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), battery electric (BEV). I’m mainly interested in EV adoption, so if it’s not possible to discriminate into the different types, ICE v BEV is acceptable.

I’d also like to know specifically the fuel type of the vehicles typically used by the Minister(s) within the departments for their official duties.

I note that you have previously responded to similar queries about EV adoption and if there is already a recently similar query please point me towards it.

Response

The information you have requested is provided in the tables below.

Scottish Government vehicle fleet by Directorate, broken down into fuel types.

Agriculture and Rural Economy

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	12
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	43
Electric Range Extender (REV)	0
Electric (EV)	15
Total	70

Communications and Ministerial Support

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	1
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	5
Electric Range Extender (REV)	0
Electric (EV)	0
Total	6

Digital

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	0
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	1
Electric Range Extender (REV)	2
Electric (EV)	3
Total	6

Marine

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	22
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	31
Electric Range Extender (REV)	1
Electric (EV)	7
Total	61

Scottish Procurement and Property (not including the Government / Ministerial Car Service)

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	0
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	0
Electric Range Extender (REV)	0
Electric (EV)	8
Total	8

Scottish Procurement and Property (including the Government / Ministerial Car Service)

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	0
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	14
Electric Range Extender (REV)	0
Electric (EV)	15
Total	29

Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice

Fuel type	Number of vehicles
Diesel	0
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)	2
Electric Range Extender (REV)	0
Electric (EV)	2
Total	4

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