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Question follow-through · 109245

Buses: Procurement

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

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    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.1The West Midlands Combined Authority also received £50m in 2021...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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