Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester

(asked on 8th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the effective rollout of the Manchester Clean Air Zone.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 16th February 2022

We have established an £880 million fund to support local authorities implementing measures to address nitrogen dioxide exceedances across England. We have provided a substantial £132 million from this Clean Air Fund to Greater Manchester authorities to help businesses and individuals upgrade to compliant vehicles. This is on top of providing £36 million to enable the implementation of the Clean Air Zone.

Decisions around the introduction of Clean Air Zones are the responsibility of local authorities. The Government has agreed to allow a strict, time limited pause for Greater Manchester to review their CAZ plans in light of COVID-19 impacts. This is under the agreement that they will submit a revised plan to comply with legal air pollution limits in the shortest possible timeframe by July. We have also agreed to share relevant data and to work closely with Greater Manchester authorities during this review.

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