Buses: Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 13th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193239 on Buses: Exhaust Emissions, if he will list the Government schemes which will be funding the 4,233 zero emission buses


Answered by
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 18th July 2023

The following table presents information on the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded across the United Kingdom since February 2020. 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. The table includes zero emission buses funded by the devolved administrations. They have been able to make this investment as a result of ongoing funding support provided by the UK Government.

Funding scheme

Number of buses funded

Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas Scheme

1,342

All Electric Bus Town or City Scheme

275

Transforming Cities Fund

38

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement

100

Levelling Up Fund

52

Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme

82

Local transport authority funding

43

England Outside London

1,932

Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme (London)

126

Transport for London funding settlement

1,290

London total

1,416

England total

3,348

Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme (Wales)

68

Welsh Government funding

50

Wales total

118

Scottish Government funding

558

Northern Ireland Executive funding

244

UK total

4,268

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