Buses: Exhaust Emissions
(asked on 8th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 99878 on Buses: Exhaust Emissions, what recent estimate he has made of the total amount of funding allocated to local transport authorities under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme where the procurement process has not yet been completed.
£270 million funding was awarded from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme to 17 local transport authorities.
In March 2023 the Department announced an additional £25.3m funding to four local areas for an additional 117 zero emission buses.
Once funding has been awarded the procurement of buses will be undertaken by either local transport authorities or bus operators.
Please see below Table 1 which presents information on how much funding each local transport authority received from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme and whether buses have been ordered. The numbers in Table 1 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest publicly available information and are therefore subject to change.
Local Transport Authority | Funding awarded | Number of ZEBs | ZEB Status |
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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority | £4,200,000 | 30 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Kent County Council | £9,500,000 | 33 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Leicester City Council | £19,000,000 | 96 | 90 ordered 6 on the road | 6 buses on the road supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong 90 buses ordered from Wrightbus |
Milton Keynes City Council | £16,600,000 | 56 | Funded | Following the operator's withdrawal of support, the Department is working closely with Milton Keynes City Council to determine next steps. |
Warrington Borough Council | £21,400,000 | 105 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
South Yorkshire Combined Authority | £8,400,000 | 27 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Norfolk County Council | £14,800,000 | 70 | 70 Ordered | Wrightbus |
North Yorkshire County Council | £7,800,000 | 39 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council | £12,800,000 | 62 | 62 Ordered | Wrightbus |
Blackpool Council | £19,600,000 | 115 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Nottingham City Council | £15,200,000 | 78 | 12 ordered 66 funded | 12 buses supplied by Pelican & Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong. Bus manufacturer for 66 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | £35,700,000 | 170 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Hertfordshire County Council | £5,600,000 | 27 | Funded | Following the operator's withdrawal of support, the Department is working closely with Hertfordshire County Council Council to determine next steps. |
West Midlands Combined Authority | £30,400,000 | 124 | Funded | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
City of York Council | £10,300,000 | 53 | 53 Ordered | Wrightbus |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | £30,300,000 | 136 | 57 ordered | 57 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 79 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Oxfordshire County Council | £32,800,000 | 159 | 159 Ordered | 104 buses ordered from Wrightbus. 55 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Limited. |