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This Government has invested £410m into the Zero Emission Bus programmes since 2020, which has funded over <\/p> The Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) 1 programme was launched in 2021 and awarded £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities (LTAs) in England (outside of London).<\/p> <\/p> ZEBs produced and sold in the UK are supported by a global supply chain; the below table outlines bus manufacturer\u2019s location. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change.<\/p> ZEBRA 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Local Transport Authority<\/p><\/td> Number of buses on the road<\/p><\/td> Bus manufacturer\u202f& Location<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blackpool Council<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> Volvo\u202f(Sweden)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> City of York Council<\/p><\/td> 53<\/p><\/td> Wrightbus\u202f(UK)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester Combined Authority<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> Volvo\u202f(Sweden)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire County Council<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent County Council<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> Volvo (Sweden) \u202f Leicester City Council<\/p><\/td> 116<\/p><\/td> 110 \u2013 Wrightbus\u202f(UK) \u202f\u202f Norfolk County Council<\/p><\/td> 68<\/p><\/td> Wrightbus\u202f(UK)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire County Council<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> EvoBus/Mercedes (Germany) Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottingham City Council<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td> Pelican/Yutong (UK/China) \u202f Oxfordshire County Council<\/p><\/td> 56<\/p><\/td> Wrightbus (UK) Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council<\/p><\/td> 62<\/p><\/td> Wrightbus\u202f(UK)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire Combined Authority<\/p><\/td> 27<\/p><\/td> 4 \u2013 Alexander Dennis Ltd\u202f(UK) \u202f\u202f Warrington Borough Council<\/p><\/td> 105<\/p><\/td> Volvo\u202f(Sweden)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands Combined Authority<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire Combined Authority<\/p><\/td> 146<\/p><\/td> 131 \u2013 Wrightbus (UK) <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21868 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, how many and what proportion of the buses allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 (a) are on the road in each local transport authority and (b) (i) have been and (ii) will be manufactured in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of numbers of Parkinson's specialist staff in (a) West Yorkshire integrated care board area and (b) England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many zero-emission buses have been allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 as of 15 April 2024; and how many and what proportion of those buses (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road as of that date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to assign to an investigator a complaint to the Independent Case Examiner.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16992 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, if his Department will publish its response to that consultation before the end of this Parliament.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Irizar (Spain)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>
6 \u2013 Pelican/Yutong\u202f(UK/China)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>
Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>
Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>
23\u202f\u2013 Pelican/Yutong\u202f(UK/China)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>
15 \u2013 Mercedes (Germany)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
<\/p>