The claim that "overseas manufacturers constitute the majority of newly registered buses on Scotland's roads" is **partly supported but not clearly confirmed** by the available evidence, and the picture is more nuanced than the claim suggests. Key findings: 1. **UK-wide market share (all buses, April 2025):** A Scottish Government FOI release (April 2025) states that UK manufacturers accounted for just 56% of the UK bus market, down from 83% a year earlier — meaning overseas manufacturers held approximately **44%**, i.e., a *minority*, not a majority. 2. **Zero-emission buses specifically (March 2026 statement):** Alexander Dennis/NFI Group stated that "51% of all zero-emission buses purchased in the UK are sourced from overseas manufacturers — an increase of 25 percentage points from 2024." This confirms a majority — but only for **zero-emission buses**, and only for the **UK as a whole**, not Scotland specifically. 3. **Scotland-specific data by manufacturer origin:** The SMMT registration data gives national totals and marque-level UK-wide market shares, but does not provide a Scotland-specific breakdown by whether the manufacturer is domestic or overseas. No source found directly states that overseas manufacturers constitute a majority of *all newly registered buses* (not just zero-emission) on Scotland's roads specifically. 4. **ScotZEB-funded orders:** For Scottish Government-funded zero-emission bus schemes (ScotZEB), more than two-thirds of orders went overseas (340 of 523 vehicles, with 287 from China's Yutong). This supports the concern about overseas dominance in *funded* orders, but does not equate to a majority of all new registrations on Scotland's roads. The claim is accurate in spirit regarding the growing dominance of overseas manufacturers, particularly in zero-emission buses and ScotZEB-funded orders. However, the specific assertion that overseas manufacturers constitute the majority of *newly registered buses on Scotland's roads* is not clearly supported by the best available evidence: the April 2025 data shows overseas at 44% of the wider UK market (a minority), and the 51% figure applies only to zero-emission buses UK-wide, not all new bus registrations in Scotland. The claim overgeneralises from zero-emission/funded orders to all new registrations and from UK-wide to Scotland-specific. Sources: - Scottish Government FOI release (EIR 202500471639), April 2025 — https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/foi-eir-release/2025/09/foi-202500471639/documents/eir-202500471639---information-released---annex/eir-202500471639---information-released---annex/govscot%3Adocument/EIR%2B202500471639%2B-%2BInformation%2BReleased%2B-%2BAnnex.pdf - NFI/Alexander Dennis press release, 31 March 2026 — https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/31/3265320/0/en/NFI-s-Alexander-Dennis-proposes-new-Scottish-manufacturing-strategy-in-response-to-changing-market-demand.html - SMMT Bus and Coach Registrations Data — https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/bus-and-coach-registrations/ - SMMT, "Strongest new bus and coach market since 2008 as zero emission uptake surges" — https://www.smmt.co.uk/strongest-new-bus-and-coach-market-since-2008-as-zero-emission-uptake-surges/ - Aberdeen Live, "Less than third of electric buses funded by Government scheme built in Scotland" — https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/scottish-news/less-third-electric-buses-funded-10327464 - The Herald, "Ministers snub Alexander Dennis 'lifeline' plan & hand boost to China" — https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25994471.ministers-snub-alexander-dennis-lifeline-plan-hand-boost-china/