DRIVE35 Programme: Buses
(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many projects relating to (a) coaches and (b) coach manufacturing have received funding through the DRIVE35 programme; and what the value of funding awarded to those projects is.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
DRIVE35 is providing £4 billion of capital and research and development funding to 2035 to support innovation, commercial scale-up and the industrialisation of zero-emission vehicle manufacturing. As part of this, two projects with relevance to coach manufacturing have been awarded DRIVE35 funding, with grant awards totalling £1,048,957.