Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the timeframe for the (a) order and (b) delivery of the 800 new zero-emission buses announced in the 2020 Spending Review.

As set out in the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and the Spending Review 2020 the Government will invest £120 million in 2021-22 to start the delivery of the 4,000 zero emission buses announced by the Prime Minister in February.

Together with existing funding for the All Electric Bus Town, Government funding could support the purchase of 800 zero emission buses and the infrastructure needed to support them.

Further details on how funding will be distributed will be announced in due course.