Q. Buses: Exhaust Emissions

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 19th July 2023) - View Source

Questioner

Robert Goodwill
(Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the zero emission buses funded by the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (a) are and (b) will be manufactured outside the UK.

Answered by

Richard Holden
Opposition Whip (Commons)

This question was answered on 4th September 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	33	5 - Volvo. 28 - Irizar.
Leicester City Council	114	114	108 – Wrightbus   6 - Pelican/Yutong
Warrington Borough Council	105	105	Volvo
South Yorkshire Combined Authority	27	27	4 - Alexander Dennis Ltd   23 - Pelican/Yutong
Norfolk County Council	70	70	Wrightbus
North Yorkshire County Council	39	39	20 - EvoBus/Mercedes 19 - Alexander Dennis Ltd
Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council	62	62	Wrightbus
Blackpool Council	90	0	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Nottingham City Council	68	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 for remaining buses 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

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

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