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
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 |