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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA): evaluation
Document: (PDF)

Found: Partnerships supported by P4G, spanning various sectors: Transport (including clean freight, zero- emissions buses

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) base by refusing to implement similar procurement policies for all transport manufacturers, including buses - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) manufacturing history, from London’s iconic original Routemasters to Alexander Dennis’ next generation of hydrogen - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) We must learn from this, and we can start by encouraging those purchasing zero-emission buses to place - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Drayson (Lab - Life peer) experimental prototypes, pioneered biofuels and hybrids and is now developing regulations for a new hydrogen - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) and Bangladeshi families, who had come to Yorkshire to work in our mills and hospitals and drive our buses - Speech Link

Written Question
Transport: West Midlands
Wednesday 15th May 2024

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for transport projects in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government has spent £8.4 billion on transport in the West Midlands region over the last three years, improving connectivity, shortening journey times, reducing congestion, and transporting people and goods.

Figures are not available at the level of individual local authorities. However, in Coventry, recent Government investment includes;

  • £27.5m Local Growth Fund towards the completed North South Rail & Coventry Station Masterplan delivering improved capacity and accessibility at the station. Opened March '22.
  • West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) awarded £50m for Coventry to become the UK's first All Electric Bus City, with all buses – replaced with electric buses, plus charging infrastructure.

Coventry also stands to benefit from allocations to West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) including

  • An additional £2.5m for road surfacing as part of Network North.
  • £1.05bn City Regional Sustainable Transport (CRST) Settlement 5-year allocation.
  • £104m for 2022-25 to deliver bus improvements through their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
  • £30m (March 2022) Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) funding towards hydrogen buses and infrastructure across the region.

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Action to Tackle Climate Change - Tue 14 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Ewing, Fergus (SNP - Inverness and Nairn) Does Mr Lumsden agree that even electric buses must be driven on things called roads, as do cars? - Speech Link
2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) We need to get out of our diesel and petrol cars and get on our bikes and our buses. - Speech Link
3: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) , we can work our way in, developing district heat pumps and off-grid energy options, such as green hydrogen - Speech Link
4: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) The offshore leasing round for ScotWind is an example of that.We have huge green hydrogen potential, - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

May. 08 2024

Source Page: Fusion energy facilities: new National Policy Statement and proposals on siting
Document: Appraisal of Sustainability Scoping Report for EN-8: appendix A (PDF)

Found: ; • establishing a Clean Air Fund; and • providing £100m for retrofitting and new low emission buses

Lords Chamber
Transport System: Failings - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) They have taken the buses back into local ownership. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Hanworth (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) diesel-powered vehicles should provide a stimulus to our automotive industry, which must adopt batteries and hydrogen - Speech Link
3: Lord McLoughlin (Con - Life peer) , I say that buses are incredibly important to our transport system. - Speech Link

Select Committee
2024-04-23 16:15:00+01:00

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debates
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Backbench Business Committee

Found: This bid is for a debate on the introduction of UK-made zero-emission buses in the United Kingdom.

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report 2023
Document: (PDF)

Found: Scotland, he met with the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, saw Ravenscraig Bridge project, visited Hydrogen

Select Committee
Correspondence from John M Flint, Chief Executive Officer, UK Infrastructure Bank Limited, re UK Infrastructure Bank: concluding update on roll-out activity, dated 18 April 2024

Correspondence Apr. 22 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Of these seven sectors, we have closed deals in five – electric vehicles, zero emission buses,