Department for Transport written question – answered on 5th March 2020.
Theresa Villiers
Conservative, Chipping Barnet
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to the Mayor of London for reducing emissions from transport in each of the last 10 years.
Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government has provided the following amounts to help reduce emissions from transport in London since 2011:
Scheme | Amount |
Funding for 338 Low-carbon buses (this figure is for the Green Bus Fund from 2009-2012) | £23m |
Funding for 54 Low-emission buses | £6.4m |
Funding for Ultra-Low Emission taxis | £25m |
ULEV Taxi Infrastructure scheme | £5.2m |
Go-Ultra Low Cities Scheme | £13.1m |
Air Quality Grant (pre-2019) | £2m |
Support to increase ULEV uptake | £10m |
Clean Bus Technology Fund | £6.5m |
Clean Vehicle Technology Fund | £0.5m |
Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme 2019 | £7.0m |
Air Quality Grant 2019 | £0.77m |
Hydrogen for Transport Programme | £0.5m |
Plug-in Car Grant paid out in respect of vehicles registered in London (current available figure) | £45m |
Plug-in Taxi Grant paid for taxis licenced in London (payment made to vehicle manufacturers) | £13.52m |
£158.39m |
TfL also received £5.7bn over the period 2016 to 2021 for general transport funding, which included funding to cover the implementation of measures to address air quality.
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