Department for Transport written question – answered at on 23 May 2024.
Simon Lightwood
Shadow Minister (Transport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21868 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, how many and what proportion of the buses allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 (a) are on the road in each local transport authority and (b) (i) have been and (ii) will be manufactured in the UK.
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This Government has invested £410m into the Zero Emission Bus programmes since 2020, which has funded over 2,200 buses across England.
The Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) 1 programme was launched in 2021 and awarded £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities (LTAs) in England (outside of London).
ZEBs produced and sold in the UK are supported by a global supply chain; the below table outlines bus manufacturer’s location. 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.
ZEBRA 1 | ||
Local Transport Authority | Number of buses on the road | Bus manufacturer & Location |
0 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. | |
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority | 30 | Volvo (Sweden) |
53 | Wrightbus (UK) | |
0 | Volvo (Sweden) | |
0 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. | |
0 | Volvo (Sweden) Irizar (Spain) | |
116 | 110 – Wrightbus (UK) 6 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China) | |
68 | Wrightbus (UK) | |
North Yorkshire County Council | 0 | EvoBus/Mercedes (Germany) Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK) |
24 | Pelican/Yutong (UK/China) Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. | |
56 | Wrightbus (UK) Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK) | |
Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council | 62 | Wrightbus (UK) |
27 | 4 – Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK) 23 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China) | |
105 | Volvo (Sweden) | |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 124 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 146 | 131 – Wrightbus (UK) 15 – Mercedes (Germany) |
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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