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Bus Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amount of zero-emission bus funding awarded by her Department since 2021 has had to be returned to the Department for Transport; which local transport authorities have returned funding; what reasons were g
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amount of zero-emission bus funding awarded by her Department since 2021 has had to be returned to the Department for Transport; which local transport authorities have returned funding; what reasons were g
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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23 Mar 2026
Answer published
There have been four local transport authorities (LTAs) that have returned Zero Emission Buses Regional Areas (ZEBRA) funding due to a decrease in project scoping or because the project can no longer be delivered as approved. The LTAs that returned fundin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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