Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 122128
Buses: Hydrogen
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the comparative costs, reliability and operational performance of hydrogen fuel-cell buses compared with battery-electric buses; what analysis has been undertaken of h
Answer
Simon LightwoodBuses are procured directly by bus operators or local transport authorities (LTAs) who would make an assessment on the type of zero emission bus (ZEB) to purchase and deploy. The Government’s approach to ZEB competitions has been technology neutral. LTAs ...
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