FOI request (FOI-68564197)

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the information below (and attached) from your Local Authority.

The purpose of this request is primarily to establish the types of vehicles that Local Authorities and their staff use, and how this has changed over the last ten years. This includes vehicles within the Local Authority car fleet or ‘grey fleet’ (owned by an employee but reimbursed by the LA), either wholly owned or rented by the LA.

If possible, I would be grateful if you could provide the information in the form of an excel spreadsheet. To make it easier for you to complete the request, I have attached a form with each question set out and an area to enter each answer.

Please feel free to provide any additional information, statistics or links to reports which you feel may be of interest or are related to the data provided.

Questions to be answered by the Local Authority

1. How many road passenger vehicles does the Local Authority currently operate?

2. How many of these are (a) cars; (b) vans; (c) trucks; (d) other?

3. How many of the cars currently in operation are (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid?

4. How many of these cars are (a) wholly owned by the Local Authority; (b) part owned by the Local Authority; (c) rented by the Local Authority?

5. How many cars are in the ‘grey fleet’ of vehicles privately owned by a Local Authority employee but reimbursed by the Local Authority via either mileage or car allowance?

6. How many cars has the Local Authority (i) purchased or (ii) rented in the last (a) one year; (b) three years; (c) five years; (d) ten years?

7. How many of the cars (i) purchased or (ii) rented by the Local Authority in the last one year have been (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid?

8. How many of the cars (i) purchased or (ii) rented by the Local Authority in the last three years have been (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid?

9. How many of the cars (i) purchased or (ii) rented by the Local Authority in the last five years have been (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid?

10. How many of the cars (i) purchased or (ii) rented by the Local Authority in the last ten years have been (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid?

11. What is the total amount spent on purchasing the following types of cars in the last year? (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid.

12. What is the total amount spent on purchasing the following types of cars in the last three years? (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid.

13. What is the total amount spent on purchasing the following types of cars in the five years? (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid.

14. What is the total amount spent on purchasing the following types of cars in the last ten years? (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid.

15. How many cars has the Local Authority currently placed on order to be (i) purchased or (ii) rented that are (a) petrol only; (b) diesel only; (c) electric only; (d) petrol/electric hybrid?