Department for Transport written question – answered at on 4 September 2023.
Robert Goodwill
Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the zero emission buses funded by the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (a) are and (b) will be manufactured outside the UK.
Richard Holden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The following table presents information on the number of zero emission buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme by local transport authority. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change. Where available, information has been provided on the status of the buses and the name of the bus manufacturer has been included.
Local Transport Authority | Number of buses funded | Number of buses ordered | Bus manufacturer |
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority | 30 | 30 | Volvo |
Kent County Council | 33 | 33 | 5 - Volvo. 28 - Irizar. |
Leicester City Council | 114 | 114 | 108 – Wrightbus 6 - Pelican/Yutong |
Warrington Borough Council | 105 | 105 | Volvo |
South Yorkshire Combined Authority | 27 | 27 | 4 - Alexander Dennis Ltd 23 - Pelican/Yutong |
Norfolk County Council | 70 | 70 | Wrightbus |
North Yorkshire County Council | 39 | 39 | 20 - EvoBus/Mercedes 19 - Alexander Dennis Ltd |
Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council | 62 | 62 | Wrightbus |
Blackpool Council | 90 | 0 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Nottingham City Council | 68 | 24 | 24 - Pelican/Yutong Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 170 | 170 | Volvo |
27 | 0 | Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. | |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 124 | 0 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
53 | 53 | Wrightbus | |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 136 | 57 | 57 – Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Oxfordshire County Council | 159 | 159 | 104 - Wrightbus 55 – Alexander Dennis Ltd |
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