Air Pollution: Funding for Local Authorities Debate
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Air Pollution: Funding for Local Authorities
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Rebecca Pow)
Today we announced our award of £10.7 million in funding to local authorities in England to help them tackle air pollution in their areas. Authority Value funded (£) Bedford Borough Council 36,332 Bedford Borough Council 113,071 Blaby District Council 573,701 Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council 120,309 Buckinghamshire Council 120,000 City of York 101,375 Colchester Borough Council 310,770 Cornwall Council 62,160 Derbyshire County Council 278,347 East Herts Council 126,408 Exeter City Council 367,428 Lancaster City Council Air Quality 454,576 Lincolnshire County Council (In partnership with councils for City of Lincoln, South Kesteven District, North Kesteven District, Boston Borough, East Lindsey District, West Lindsey District, and South Holland District). 58,180 London Borough of Brent 470,546 London Borough of Camden 170,645 London Borough of Enfield 223,500 London Borough of Havering 65,127 London Borough of Havering 35,139 London Borough of Islington 282,680 London Borough of Lewisham 248,021 London Borough of Redbridge 323,774 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham 277,950 Maldon District Council 129,000 Medway Council—Environmental Protection Team 279,533 Norfolk County Council 171,545 Oxford City Council 192,993 Reading Borough Council 327,000 South Ribble Borough Council 53,244 South Tyneside Council 201,005 Southampton City Council 248,198 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 256,285 St Helens Borough Council (in partnership with Warrington Borough Council) 405,227 Surrey Heath Borough Council 12,280 Swindon Borough Council 148,902 Telford and Wrekin Council 147,615 Tunbridge Wells Council (in partnership with councils for Ashford Borough, Canterbury City, Dartford Borough, Dover District, Folkestone & Hythe District, Gravesham Borough, Kent County, Maidstone Borough, Medway, Sevenoaks District, Swale Borough Council, Thanet District, Tonbridge and Mailing Borough) 175,675 West Midlands Combined Authority (in partnership with councils for Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, Solihull Metropolitan Borough, Walsall Metropolitan Borough and the City of Wolverhampton) 918,531 West Northamptonshire Council 292,378 West Yorkshire Combined Authority (in partnership with councils for Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City, and Wakefield) 220,457 Westminster City Council 72,521 Westminster City Council (delivered through Cross River Partnership, in partnership with City of London Corporation, London Boroughs of Ealing, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea) 1,000,000 Wirral Borough Council 171,200 Wokingham Borough Council 213,332 Worcestershire Regulatory Services (on behalf of councils for Worcester City, Wyre Forest District, Wychavon District, Malvern Hills District, Bromsgrove District, and Redditch Borough) 248,400
Across 44 different projects, we are helping local authorities to improve air quality in their local communities to benefit schools, businesses and residential areas and reduce the impact of air pollution on public health.
The air quality grants have been running since 1997 and since 2010, we have awarded nearly £53 million in funding.
This year’s grant has prioritised three areas:
Projects which reduce air pollutant exceedances especially in those areas that are projected to remain in exceedance of the UK’s legal targets;
Projects to improve knowledge and information about air quality and steps individuals can take to reduce their exposure to air pollution and minimise health risk;
Measures that reduce levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), including support for low-emission transport.
Schemes across England being funded include air quality education programmes for healthcare workers; traffic management schemes to reduce congestion and emissions; the funding of an e-cargo bike scheme for businesses to reduce their reliance on more polluting vehicles; and the implementation of a river freight scheme in London.
The air quality grant scheme will reopen for new applications in summer 2023.
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