Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 8554

Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the zero emission vehicle mandate to include (a) trucks and (b) buses.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
To meet net zero, both the HGV and bus sectors will need to decarbonise. The Government has not made a detailed assessment of the merits or feasibility of extending the zero emission vehicle mandate.