FOI 003348 Electric Police Vehicles

Request Number: 003348/22
Date of Decision: 20 September 2022
Subject Area: Miscellaneous
Decision: Disclosed

Request

1.    How many electric vehicles does the force have and what % of their total fleet of vehicles does this represent?

2.    How many EVs were purchased by your force and what % of total vehicle purchases does this represent for 2021?

3.    How many EVs were purchased by your force and what % of total vehicle purchases does this represent so far for 2022?

4.    What are EVs used for in the force e.g. neighbourhood police, dog patrol etc. Please be as detailed as possible with numbers for each use

5.    How much money was spent on fuel (petrol and diesel) in 2021?

6.    How much money has been spent on fuel (petrol and diesel) so far this year (2022)?

 

Reply

1.    21 Vehicles / 4.92%

2.    7 Vehicles / 16.66%

3.    0

4.    2 x PCSO, the rest are used by CID/Pool Vehicles

5.    £511,106

6.    £204,201 (up to the end of July)

 

Please also be aware that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

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