Police fleet vehicles from January 2010 to January 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.029522

I note you seek access to the following information:

1) The total number of vehicles in your fleet at 1 January 2023?

2) Could I have this number at 1 January for every year since 2010.

3) Please can you confirm your annual spend on fleet damage repair (in the year to 2022)?

4) What was the oldest vehicle in your force fleet commissioned into active service?

Clarification - that question 3 was referring to damage from collisions and general wear and tear (worn/punctured tyres)

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - The total number of vehicles in your fleet at 1 January 2023?

5,313 vehicles

Q2 - Could I have this number at 1 January for every year since 2010.

We cannot provide the total number of vehicles for 2010 and 2015 because we only have fleet reports starting from January 2015. Please see below the total number of vehicles covering 2015 to 2023.

YEAR	FLEET SIZE
2015	4,711
2016	4,711
2017	4,587
2018	5,066
2019	4,996
2020	5,048
2021	5,152
2022	2,229
2023	5,313

Q3 - Please can you confirm your annual spend on fleet damage repair (in the year to 2022)?

3) £3,944,334.88 (excl. of vat)

Q4 - What was the oldest vehicle in your force fleet commissioned into active service?

The oldest vehicle is in the museum fleet and it started service in 1970