Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2016 to Question 44451, if the Government will carry out a detailed assessment of trends in the level of the fuel efficiency of buses.

The Department for Transport does not currently have any formal plans in place to carry out a detailed assessment of trends in the level of the fuel efficiency of buses. We have however supported industry to create a new Low Emission Bus accreditation, which will help introduce buses with lower emissions and better fuel efficiency, to the UK bus fleet. Additionally, the Government will fund the purchase of over 300 fuel efficient Low Emission Buses under this accreditation, and will monitor their fuel efficiency.