Question follow-through · 99977
Buses: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Chinese BYD electric buses are in service across the UK by franchise operator.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Transport
- Piccadilly Line: Capital Investment · 16 Dec 2025
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- High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase · 7 Jan 2026
- High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase · 19 Jan 2026
- Police: Unmanned Air Systems · 26 Jan 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Chinese BYD electric buses are in service across the UK by franchise operator.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
My Department does not hold this information. For information on how many electric BYD buses have been licensed overall, please see the DVLA statistics – table VEH0133. (Vehicle licensing statistics data tables – GOV.UK)
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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