5,000 applications to Ulez scrappage fund claim £18m in grants

ALMOST 5,000 applications to Sadiq Khan’s £110 million Ulez scrappage fund have been approved — with van drivers claiming most of the cash.

- Ross Lydall

Transport for London today said that nearly £18 million in grants — a sixth of the total available — had been allocated since the fund opened in January.

However, TfL was unable to say how many applications were waiting to be approved or had been rejected.

Of the TfL cash allocated so far, more than £13.5 million will enable vans, minibuses and coaches that breach the Ulez rules to be replaced with cleaner vehicles, while more than £4 million will help take non-compliant cars and motorbikes off the capital’s roads.