The Mayor and TfL listened during the consultation for the London-wide ULEZ and the Mayor has made changes and improvements based on feedback from various communities, including from disabled people and the organisations that represent them.
There are a number of temporary exemptions (“grace periods”) available for disabled people and wheelchair accessible vehicles. Find out more on the TfL website.
On 4 August, the Mayor announced his plans to use an additional £50m for the scheme, taking the total fund to £160m. Alongside this, the Mayor has also recently announced major changes to the scrappage scheme.
From Friday 4 August, the below changes will be made to the scheme:
- grants for scrapping a non-compliant van will increase from £5,000 to £7,000
- grants for wheelchair accessible vehicles will increase from £5,000 to £10,000
- grants for scrapping minibuses will increase from £7,000 to £9,000
- grants to replace a non-compliant van with electric van increase from £7,500 to £9,500
- grants to replace a non-compliant minibus with an electric minibus increase from £9,500 to £11,500
- retrofit grants increase from £5k to £6k, typically enough to cover the whole cost of retrofitting.
And from Monday 21 August, the following changes will be made to the scheme:
- every single Londoner with a non ULEZ-compliant car or motorcycle will be eligible for a £2,000 grant (or £1,000 for a motorcycle), or a higher value package of up to two bus and tram passes plus a lower grant
- small businesses and sole traders will be able to apply to scrap up to three vehicles (from one).
More details on the scrappage scheme can be found on the TfL website.