Q. Buses: Exhaust Emissions

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 31st October 2022) - View Source

Questioner

Robert Goodwill
(Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to increase the speed of the UK rollout of zero emission buses.

Answered by

Richard Holden

This question was answered on 8th November 2022

We are providing over £525 million dedicated funding for zero emissions buses (ZEBs) this Parliament, though a number of funding schemes:

The Government awarded £50 million of funding to the West Midlands Combined Authority to support the Coventry All Electric Bus City. This funding will support the introduction of up to 300 electric buses.
£270 million funding was awarded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) which will support up to 1,278 zero emission buses. In London, government funding has supported the introduction of an estimated 600 ZEBs.
The Department will provide details on how the remaining £205 million of new funding will be used shortly. We will continue to explore how best to maximise the community benefits of future investment.

Funding from other funding schemes, such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS), can also be used by local areas to support the introduction of ZEBs. In addition, the rate at which the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) can be claimed for ZEBs was increased from 6p to 22p per km in April 2022. This supports operators to introduce ZEBs by reducing the overall cost of ownership.

Table 1 below presents the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded in England since February 2020. Where available, information has been provided on the status of the buses and the name of the bus manufacturer has been included. The numbers in Table 1 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore subject to change.

Funding scheme	Funding awarded to	No. Buses	Status	Bus manufacturer
ZEBRA	Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority	30	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Kent County Council	33	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Leicester City Council	96	6 buses on the road 68 buses ordered 22 buses funded	6 buses on the road supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong 68 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 22 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Milton Keynes City Council	56	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Warrington Borough Council	120	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	South Yorkshire Combined Authority	27	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Norfolk County Council	15	Ordered	Wrightbus
ZEBRA	North Yorkshire County Council	39	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council	34	Ordered	Wrightbus
ZEBRA	Blackpool Council	115	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Nottingham City Council	78	12 ordered. 66 funded.	12 buses supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong. Bus manufacturer for 66 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Greater Manchester Combined Authority	170	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Hertfordshire County Council	27	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	West Midlands Combined Authority	124	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	City of York Council	44	Ordered	Wrightbus
ZEBRA	West Yorkshire Combined Authority	111	32 buses ordered 79 buses funded.	32 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 79 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
ZEBRA	Oxfordshire County Council	159	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
All Electric Bus Town or City Scheme	West Midlands Combined Authority	Up to 300	130 buses ordered	130 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Ltd
Transforming Cities Fund	Leicester City Council	18	18 buses on the road	Supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong
Transforming Cities Fund	Liverpool City Region Combined Authority	20	Ordered	20 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Ltd
Transforming Cities Fund	West Yorkshire Combined Authority	8	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement	Greater Manchester Combined Authority	50	Ordered	Alexander Dennis Ltd
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	Brighton & Hove Buses	20	Ordered	Wrightbus
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	First West Yorkshire	9	On the road	Supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	Go North East	9	On the road	Supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	Nottinghamshire County Council	4	On the road	Alexander Dennis Ltd
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	Stagecoach Manchester	32	On the road	Alexander Dennis Ltd
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	The Big Lemon	3	On the road	Supplied by Harris Group and manufactured by Higer
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	West Yorkshire Combined Authority	5	On the road	Alexander Dennis Ltd
Local transport authority funding	Surrey County Council	34	Funded	Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.
Local transport authority funding	Hertfordshire County Council	1	On the road	Switch Mobility
Local transport authority funding	Transport for London	600
Total		2,391

Table 2 below presents information on the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since February 2020. The numbers in Table 2 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore subject to change.

Funding Scheme	Number of Buses
UK Government funding for Wales through the Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	68
Welsh Government funding	16
Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	272
Scottish Zero Emission Bus challenge fund	276
Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2020-21	100
Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2021-22	38
Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2022-23	100
Total	870

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

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