Question reference: S6W-18028
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 17 May 2023
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 May 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17402 by Kevin Stewart on 9 May 2023, how much support has been given to bus operators for the purchase of new buses in the last three years; how many of any such new buses have had sufficient space for bike transport, and what conditionality for bike storage is applied to the purchase of new buses.
Answer
A total of £85.9m has been awarded to bus operators to support the purchase of new battery electric buses through rounds of the Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme and the Scottish Zero Emission Challenge Fund, and 26 of these new buses have space for transporting bikes.
Phase 2 of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund launched on 15 May 2023 notes that our support for the purchase of new buses and coaches will be, where appropriate, conditional on space being available for bike transport.