Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The fleet of 21 StreetDeck Electroliners, the world’s first efficient, double-decker electric buses, - Speech Link
2: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) electric buses, and exploring the potential of hydrogen. - Speech Link
3: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Again, as a Government, we are very keen not just to procure buses and other vehicles from other countries - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) see that it has just started to roll out new electric vehicles. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) There seems to be a focus on motorists, but there is now a multiplicity of electric vehicles. - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) into electric vehicles. - Speech Link
Asked by: Golden, Maurice (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what targeted funding it is providing to local authorities to purchase electric school buses.
Answered by Fairlie, Jim
Local authorities receive funding via the local government block grant to enable them to meet their statutory obligations, including the provision of home to school transport. Local authorities are responsible for decisions about the purchase of vehicles. The Scottish Government’s guidance on home to school transport encourages local authorities to procure zero emission vehicles for use in home to school transport services. Local authorities and bus operators that provide home-to-school transport services were eligible to apply to our recent round of ScotZEB 2 funding. This programme provides funding to increase the number of zero emission vehicles and their supporting infrastructure by encouraging collaborative working within the bus sector.
The Scottish Government does not collect information on the number of electric school buses purchased by local authorities.
Asked by: Golden, Maurice (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric school buses it has supported each local authority to purchase, in each of the past three years.
Answered by Fairlie, Jim
Local authorities receive funding via the local government block grant to enable them to meet their statutory obligations, including the provision of home to school transport. Local authorities are responsible for decisions about the purchase of vehicles. The Scottish Government’s guidance on home to school transport encourages local authorities to procure zero emission vehicles for use in home to school transport services. Local authorities and bus operators that provide home-to-school transport services were eligible to apply to our recent round of ScotZEB 2 funding. This programme provides funding to increase the number of zero emission vehicles and their supporting infrastructure by encouraging collaborative working within the bus sector.
The Scottish Government does not collect information on the number of electric school buses purchased by local authorities.
Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) I will come to buses in a moment. - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) little buses, thin buses, big buses or whatever. - Speech Link
3: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) Currently, rural areas have only one sixth of the public charging points for electric vehicles that are - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Viscount Hanworth (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) Most of these emissions come from road vehicles. - Speech Link
2: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) First, the switch to electric vehicles has slowed down. - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) The whole question of electric vehicles and how far we can expect them to spread, especially in rural - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) cars on UK roads, which is evidence that more and more drivers are switching to electric vehicles. - Speech Link
Mar. 22 2024
Source Page: £143 million for better bus journeys as almost a thousand zero emission buses to hit the roadFound: £143 million for better bus journeys as almost a thousand zero emission buses to hit the road
Mentions:
1: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support the roll-out of electric buses across the - Speech Link
2: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) Of those buses, 305 are already on the road, as the remaining 10 will be by the end of March. - Speech Link
3: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) Electric vehicles go a long way in improving inner-city air quality and public health, as well as contributing - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) That does not necessarily relate directly to the roll-out of electric buses and the ScotZEB fund. - Speech Link
Dec. 13 2023
Source Page: Funding for electric buses and coaches: FOI releaseFound: Funding for electric buses and coaches: FOI release
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.