The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about mitigating air pollution, including through the use of low emission zones; to prohibit vehicle idling; to restrict the approval and sale of vehicles with certain engine types; to require local authorities to undertake tree-planting programmes and to take steps to promote the use of electric propulsion systems in buses and taxis; and for connected purposes.
Dec. 13 2023
Source Page: Funding for electric buses and coaches: FOI releaseFound: Funding for electric buses and coaches: FOI release
Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric buses are currently in operation in Scotland.
Answered by Hyslop, Fiona - Minister for Transport
The Department for Transport publish statistics on all licensed plug-in vehicles for each quarter and this provides the total number of bus and coaches operating in Scotland. The data is captured at data sheet VEH0141 and can be found at the following link - Vehicle licensing statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Mentions:
1: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Just yesterday, King Charles approved the zero-emission vehicle mandate, which requires 80% of new vehicles - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Member quoted one month’s figures, but overall sales of electric vehicles are up 41% this year compared - Speech Link
Jan. 18 2024
Source Page: National Travel Attitudes Study: Wave 9Found: the following statements: There are enough public chargepoints for electric vehicles to meet demand
Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) We passed the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, which codified insurance in this area for the - Speech Link
2: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) He mentioned the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, but that legislation does not mention this - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Buses built just up the road by Alexander Dennis in Camelon are taking thousands of passengers a week - Speech Link
4: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) The industry’s transition and development are all about the automated connected electric and shared vehicles—the - Speech Link
5: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham) I am sure we will be told, as we were told in 2018 with the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act, that - Speech Link
Jan. 24 2024
Source Page: Correspondence regarding ScotZEB 2 scheme: EIR releaseFound: such as Black Cabs, Buses and Vans to full electric.
Mentions:
1: None I work several jobs in several different places, so the thought of people asking me to have an electric - Speech Link
2: None It lends itself to electric vehicles, so we have electric cars there. - Speech Link
3: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) Before we go on to talk about buses, does anyone have a final comment on that point? - Speech Link
4: None Whether we are talking about rail or buses, everyone gets a cut of the money. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (Con - Epping Forest) public consultation on the list.New clause 6—Liability of insurers—“Section 2 of the Automated and Electric - Speech Link
2: Bill Esterson (Lab - Sefton Central) work that it has ever carried out.The Bill builds on and provides further clarity to the Automated and Electric - Speech Link
3: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) replicates powers held by the Secretary of State on the provision of accessible travel information about buses - Speech Link
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport for the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding as been issued to each of those policy areas for the 2024-25 financial year.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The £1.8 billion allocated to the Department for Transport for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review supports net zero policies across zero emission vehicles (including buses) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, the bus transformation funding to support local authority Bus Service Improvement Plans, air quality improvement measures, active travel policies, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, Nexus Metrofleet in Newcastle, rail electrification, and the UK’s production of sustainable aviation fuel.
£333 million of the £1.8 billion was reallocated to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (now the Department for Business and Trade), for the electrification of UK vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme.
The Department’s business planning process for 2024-25 financial year remains ongoing and final plans will be published in due course as per standard practice.