Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to improve air quality on the A6 between junctions 33 and 34 of the M6 motorway.

Local authorities are required by the Environment Act 1995 to review air quality in their area and designate an Air Quality Management Area if improvements are necessary. Lancaster City Council is responsible for reviewing and assessing local air quality in this location.

Through the Environment Act 2021, Government strengthened requirements for local authority Air Quality Action Plans and we are challenging councils to use their existing powers and responsibilities more effectively to deliver improvements to air quality.