Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve air quality on roads where air quality management zones have been designated.

Government is committed to tackling this issue and want to improve air quality and reduce pollution in towns and cities, which is good for people’s health and the environment.

£2 billion worth of measures have been announced since 2010 that will help to improve air quality by increasing the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles, and supporting sustainable travel and green transport initiatives. This includes modifying over 2000 older buses and some other vehicles including taxis with pollution reducing technology on some of the most polluted roads in towns and cities in England.