Mobility and scrappage fund

This 12-month pilot fund is for low-income households in specific areas of Scotland.

If you’re eligible:

• You’ll get £2,000 for scrapping your vehicle. You need to do this at a SEPA authorised treatment facility in Scotland, and it won’t cost you anything.
• You can claim up to £1,000 (based on two adults applying for £500 each) towards the cost of shared or active travel options, such as bikes or season tickets, with the Travel Better grant.

This is funded by Transport Scotland, an agency of the Scottish Government, and administered by Energy Saving Trust.

If you live within 20km of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen or Dundee, you may be eligible for the low emission zone support fund.

For more information, please read our mobility and scrappage leaflet.

How do I check if I’m eligible for the grant?

To get the grant from the mobility and scrappage fund, you and your vehicle must meet all the eligibility criteria listed below:

1. You must live in an eligible postcode in Scotland.
2. You must own a vehicle with one of the following Euro Standard statuses:

• Euro 3 or older petrol vehicles. This generally applies to those registered before 2006.
• Euro 5 or older diesel vehicles. This generally applies to those registered before September 2015.

3. The vehicle must:

• Hold a current MOT
• Be fully taxed

The vehicle must not:

• Hold a statutory off road notification (SORN) status

You can check if your vehicle is taxed and what its MOT status is online if you’re not sure.

4. You must have owned and have been the named registered keeper of the vehicle for at least 12 months and have no current outstanding finance on it.
5. You must be getting specific means-tested benefits. These benefits are:

• Attendance Allowance
• Adult Disability Payment
• Carer’s Allowance
• Child Tax Credit
• Council Tax Benefit (excluding 25 per cent discount)
• Disability Living Allowance
• Employment and Support Allowance
• Housing Benefit
• Income-based Job Seeker Allowance
• Income Support
• Pension Credit
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Universal Credit
• Working Tax Credit

6. You can only receive funding for one vehicle per adult and per household.

How do I apply for the grant?

To refer yourself for a grant application, check that you meet the eligibility criteria above first.

If you think you’re eligible and want to apply, fill out the self-referral form below.

If your answers show that you may be eligible, we’ll email you a link to the full online application form.

Mobility and scrappage fund self-referral form

If I get the grant, when will I get the £2,000?

You’ll get the grant after we send you a grant offer letter, this letter will confirm how to accept the grant and what actions you need to take to claim funds.

Don’t scrap your vehicle until you get and accept a grant offer letter from Energy Saving Trust that says you’re eligible for the grant. If you scrap your vehicle before you get this offer letter, you won’t get the grant.

How do I get the travel better grant?

After you get the £2,000 for scrapping your vehicle, you can apply for up to £1,000 towards the cost of more sustainable travel options. We’ll send you the link to the application form following your vehicle disposal.

Up to two adults in a household can apply for funding. If two people apply, they can get a maximum of £500 each. If one person applies, they get a maximum of £500.

However, if you’re looking to buy a cargo bike or electric cargo bike for the family, or if you need an adaptive bike because of a health condition or disability, you can apply for up to £1,000. If you do this, the second adult in the household can’t apply for any funding.

You can buy a mix of items with the money, but the grant only covers up to £500 per adult if two adults apply. If the cost of what you buy goes over £500, you’ll have to pay for the extra costs yourself.

You must have received and accepted a travel better grant offer letter before you buy anything, this will be sent to you following submission of an eligible application.

Travel options that you can’t use the grant money for include:

• Cars, mopeds, motorbikes or any other form of motorised transport.
• Electric scooters, scooters, skateboards and hoverboards.
• Forms of public transport not mentioned above ie flights or taxis.
• One-off, day or weekly public transport tickets.

Further support and advice is available from:

• Cycling UK’s Cycle Repair Scheme voucher
• Transport Scotland’s active travel site
• Paths for All’s health walks
• Living Street’s family walk to school kit
• Cycling Scotland’s essential cycling skills guide
• Sustrans’ map of the national cycle network
• CoMoUK’s bike share map
• CoMoUK’s car club map
• Available public transport services

This support fund is available to help applicants save money on fuel costs and move away from older, more polluting vehicles. We expect people who apply to replace the scrapped vehicle with sustainable travel options. We expect people who apply and who plan to buy another vehicle to use the grant to replace the scrapped vehicle with one of a newer, more efficient Euro Standard.

Energy Saving Trust is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. This fund is subject to terms and conditions.

Download Mobility and Scrappage fund terms and conditions

If you have any questions about the mobility and scrappage fund, please email us at mobilityfund@est.org.uk.

If you’d like to talk about other funding that’s available, or get advice on saving energy in the home, you can contact Home Energy Scotland using our online form.