Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to enable local authorities to improve the quality of their air and reduce pollution through the introduction of Clean Air Zones.

The Government has ring-fenced £880 million to help local authorities tackle NO₂ exceedances through the development and implementation of local air quality plans and through funding to support those impacted most by these plans.

Local authorities introducing a Clean Air Zone as part of a local air quality plan can bid for Clean Air Fund funding. The Clean Air Fund can support a range of measures such as vehicle upgrade grants to individuals and businesses along with bus retrofit schemes, improvements to bus fleets, installation of electric chargepoints, provision of park and ride services, concessionary travel schemes and freight consolidation centres.