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Buses: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 73489

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate to coaches.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department ran calls for evidence on the decarbonisation of coaches in spring 2022 and on zero emission HGV and coach infrastructure in autumn 2023. We will provide an update on coach decarbonisation in due course.

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