Department for Transport written question – answered at on 23 May 2024.
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.
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) | |
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) | |
62 | Wrightbus (UK) | |
27 | 4 – Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK) 23 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China) | |
105 | Volvo (Sweden) | |
124 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. | |
146 | 131 – Wrightbus (UK) 15 – Mercedes (Germany) |
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No1 person thinks not
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