This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Government Funding for Small Businesses effected by the London ULEZ Expansion.
Provide support and grants for small businesses to purchase ULEZ compliant work vehicles.
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Many businesses/Sole Traders that operate and are located within the new Ultra Low Emissions Zone will not be able to afford to upgrade their work vehicles.
For example, if you take a small gardening business that has 3 - 4 vans out on the road and none of them meet the Emissions standards, they would be looking at a large sum of money to buy new ones. Even with finance they would be looking at 2k a month.
This would have huge effect on these types of business.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for. Decisions about grant schemes in relation to the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) are a matter for the Mayor London and London Assembly, not the UK Government or Parliament.
The Mayor of London has announced a new vehicle scrappage scheme to help eligible Londoners prepare for the expansion of the ULEZ. This includes payments for micro businesses and sole traders for scrapping vans.
You can find out more about this scheme here: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/scrappage-schemes
The London Assembly has its own petitions process. If you would like to call for changes to London's scrappage schemes you can find out more about how to petition the London Assembly here: https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/london-assembly/petitions
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.