Mayor announces major expansion to ULEZ scrappage scheme to cover all small businesses in London and all London families receiving child benefit
The announcement includes an additional £50m in funding, and specific extensions will be:
- Small businesses and sole traders will be able to apply to scrap up to three vehicles, rather than just one.
- All Londoners with a non-compliant car or motorcycle eligible for the scheme (from 21 August)
From today, the scrappage allowances will increase:
- Vans from £5k to £7k
- Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAVs) from £5k to £10k
- Minibuses from £7k to £9k
- Replace with electric van from £7.5k to £9.5k
- Replace with electric minibus from £9.5k to £11.5k
- Retrofit from £5k to £6k
Cars will remain at £2,000 (although you could be eligible for up to £3,000 if you opt for a combination of scrappage funding and bus and tram passes)