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 7 January 2025 to Question 21148 on Air Pollution, which local authorities his Department is discussing Clean Air Zones with.

The Government has agreed local plans with all areas in the NO₂ programme except for Stoke-on-Trent/Newcastle-under-Lyme. Seven Clean Air Zones have been implemented by local authorities under the previous Government where local plans had evidenced them to achieve legal NO₂ levels in the shortest possible time. Government engages with these local authorities on a range of issues, including the operation of their Clean Air Zones,

Local authorities with established Clean Air Zones are:

• Bath

• Birmingham

• Bradford

• Bristol

• Portsmouth

• Sheffield

• Tyneside (Newcastle/Gateshead)