Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of buses in regular operation are powered solely by renewable fuels.
The table below shows the percentage of buses used as Public Service Vehicles by fuel consumption type, by metropolitan area status and country in 2019/20.
Fuel Consumption Type | London | English metropolitan areas | English non-metropolitan areas | England | Scotland | Wales | Great Britain | England outside London |
Hydrogen | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Electric (not hybrid) | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Diesel-Hybrid | 40% | 5% | 1% | 14% | 6% | 0% | 12% | 3% |
Methane/Biomethane | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
Diesel | 56% | 94% | 96% | 84% | 94% | 100% | 85% | 95% |
Other (including Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO)) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Source: DfT Annual Bus Statistics (BUS0609b)