Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to increase the availability of (a) electric charging points and (b) hydrogen refuelling stations required by bus and coach operators.

The Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme will provide up to £120 million funding to support zero emission buses and infrastructure. Local transport authorities were able to submit Expressions of Interest for funding for either battery electric buses and charging infrastructure or hydrogen fuel cell buses and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

£50 million funding has been provided through the All-Electric Bus Town or City scheme which will support the introduction of up to 300 electric buses and the charging infrastructure to support them.

£48 million funding was awarded through the 2018-2021 Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme which supported the introduction of both battery electric buses and charging infrastructure and hydrogen fuel cell buses and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.