Consultation outcome

Ending the sale of new diesel buses

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The government has now published a new consultation and call for evidence on Ending the sale of new, non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses. It features an overview of responses received to this initial consultation and sets out the government’s next steps for progressing plans to end the sale of new, non-zero emission buses.


Original consultation

Summary

Proposes ending the selling of new diesel buses within England.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

Consultation proposing ending the sales of new diesel buses in England. The exact year of withdrawal is a subject of the consultation as well as the views on the:

  • impacts on different sectors of industry and society
  • barriers to achieve the proposal
  • measures to be used by us and others to support phase out

​ This consultation was announced in the national bus strategy for England and part of the Independent Committee on Climate Change’s advice on meeting the UK’s commitment to end its contribution to climate change by 2050.

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 15 March 2021
Last updated 26 March 2022 + show all updates
  1. Outcome published.

  2. First published.

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