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Buses: Procurement

Asked by Greg SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 February 2026UIN 109245

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have received funding from Government-funded schemes supporting the procurement of new buses, including zero-emission, electric, hydrogen and hybrid buses, in each of the last five years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

My department has published which local authorities have received funding from Government-funded schemes to procure new buses through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas programme on gov.uk.1

The West Midlands Combined Authority also received £50m in 2021 for the Coventry All Electric Bus City.

In addition, various local authorities have used devolved funding schemes to procure new zero emission buses.

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