Buses: Electric Vehicles
Commons · Question 12498 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is planning to consult with the bus manufacturing and operating sector on timescales for the Zero-Emission Bus mandate.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 25 Jun 2026
The Bus Services Act 2025 includes a measure to accelerate decarbonisation of bus services, by placing a requirement on bus operators ultimately not to use new non-zero emission buses (ZEBs) on local bus routes in England.The date from which new non ZEBs ...