Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to bring forward the end date for his Department's competition to select areas for bus orders so that the necessary infrastructure can be built.
On 30 March 2021 the Government launched the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme. Under this scheme local transport authorities will be able to bid for up to £120 million in 2021-22 to introduce zero emission buses and associated infrastructure.
Following feedback from local transport authorities and industry, local transport authorities can choose to follow a fast track application process if they already have well developed proposals. This will allow local transport authorities to move quickly in their bid to secure funding for zero emission buses and associated infrastructure.