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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands about the financial effect of proposed clean air zones and associated air quality measures on their businesses.

Defra has not had direct discussions with small and medium-sized businesses in Birmingham or the West Midlands about the financial effect of clean air zones.

The Government assessed the impacts of charging Clean Air Zones on businesses nationally in the 2016 impact assessment. This did not look at the impacts on Birmingham or the West Midlands in isolation.