Percentage of electric vehicles in the MPS

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026164

I note you seek access to the following information:

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 case?
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)?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - How many electric vehicles does the force have and what % of their total fleet of vehicles does this represent?
Q2 - How many EVs were purchased by your force and what % of total vehicle purchases does this represent for 2021?
Q3 - How many EVs were purchased by your force and what % of total vehicle purchases does this represent so far for 2022?
Q4 - 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 case?

The answers re questions 1 to 4 are already in the public domain and can be accessed via the below link to the MPS Publication Scheme, please scroll down the page to Fleet List Data:

Q5 - How much money was spent on fuel (petrol and diesel) in 2021?
Q6 - How much money has been spent on fuel (petrol and diesel) so far this year (2022)?

Re Q’s 5 & 6: Using price at pump and transaction date;

Product	2021	2022
Diesel	4,428,945.01	3,579,517.69
Unleaded	6,461,790.03	5,922,442.96
Total	10,890,735.04	9,501,960.65