Q. Buses: Exhaust Emissions

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 13th July 2023) - View Source

Questioner

Simon Lightwood
(Labour (Co-op) - Wakefield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193239 on Buses: Exhaust Emissions, how many and what proportion of zero emission buses funded by the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (a) are and (b) will be built in Britain.

Answered by

Richard Holden
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

This question was answered on 18th July 2023

The following table presents information on the number of zero emission buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme by local transport authority. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change. Where available, information has been provided on the status of the buses and the name of the bus manufacturer has been included.

Local Transport Authority	Number of buses funded	Number of buses ordered	Bus manufacturer
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority	30	30	Volvo
Kent County Council	33	5	5 buses manufactured by Volvo. Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Leicester City Council	114	114	108 – Wrightbus   6 – Pelican/Yutong
Warrington Borough Council	105	105	Volvo
South Yorkshire Combined Authority	27	4	4 – Alexander Dennis Ltd   Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Norfolk County Council	70	70	Wrightbus
North Yorkshire County Council	39	0	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council	62	62	Wrightbus
Blackpool Council	115	0	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Nottingham City Council	78	24	24 - Pelican/Yutong   Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority	170	170	Volvo
Hertfordshire County Council*	27	0	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
West Midlands Combined Authority	124	0	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
City of York Council	53	53	Wrightbus
West Yorkshire Combined Authority	136	57	57 – Wrightbus   Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Oxfordshire County Council	159	159	104 - Wrightbus   55 – Alexander Dennis Ltd
	1,342	853

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

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