Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to establish a national clean air zone infrastructure scheme rather than various local ones.

We have developed a national Clean Air Zone (CAZ) infrastructure scheme through the ‘Drive in a Clean Air Zone’ service. This centralised service and IT infrastructure ensures a consistent approach for users across Clean Air Zones. Certain matters, such as charges and local exemptions, are for LAs to determine and agree with Government. This is due to the highly localised nature of the pollution, where local knowledge is crucial in solving the problem.