Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2019 to Question 206818 on Air Pollution, which of the eight local authority groupings that have submitted air quality plans to his Department have submitted (a) a final plan and (b) an outline business case.
(a) Five local authority groupings have provided a final plan in the form of an Outline Business Case, these are: Blackwater Valley (Rushmoor Borough Council, Guildford Borough Council and Surrey heath Borough Council working together); Fareham Borough Council; Middlesbrough Borough Council; New Forest District Council; Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.
(b) Three local authority groupings have provided a draft plan in the form of a draft Outline Business Case, these are: Basildon Borough Council and Rochford District Council; Bath and North East Somerset; and Tyneside (Newcastle City Council, Gateshead Borough Council, and North Tyneside Council working together).