Question follow-through · 127990
Buses: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that publicly funded electric bus procurement schemes support domestic manufacturing supply chains.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that publicly funded electric bus procurement schemes support domestic manufacturing supply chains.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2026
Answer published
DBT works closely with DfT, the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service to ensure publicly funded electric bus procurement supports UK manufacturing where possible, within procurement and trade rules. This includes through setting up the DfT UK Bus Ma...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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