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Buses: Exhaust Emissions

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 195005, tabled on 19 July 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the zero emission buses funded by the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (a) are and (b) will be manufactured outside the UK.

Answered on

4 September 2023

The following table presents information on the number of zero emission buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme by local transport authority. 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. Where available, information has been provided on the status of the buses and the name of the bus manufacturer has been included.

Local Transport Authority  

Number of buses funded

Number of buses ordered

Bus manufacturer 

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

30

30

Volvo

Kent County Council

33

33

5 - Volvo.
28 - Irizar.

Leicester City Council

114

114

108 – Wrightbus  
6 - Pelican/Yutong

Warrington Borough Council

105

105

Volvo

South Yorkshire Combined Authority

27

27

4 - Alexander Dennis Ltd   23 - Pelican/Yutong

Norfolk County Council

70

70

Wrightbus

North Yorkshire County Council

39

39

20 - EvoBus/Mercedes 19 - Alexander Dennis Ltd

Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council

62

62

Wrightbus

Blackpool Council

90

0

Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.

Nottingham City Council

68

24

24 - Pelican/Yutong  
Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

170

170

Volvo

Hertfordshire County Council

27

0

Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.

West Midlands Combined Authority

124

0

Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.

City of York Council

53

53

Wrightbus

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

136

57

57 – Wrightbus  
Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.

Oxfordshire County Council

159

159

104 - Wrightbus  
55 – Alexander Dennis Ltd