Air Pollution
(asked on 6th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money from the public purse her Department has spent on improving air quality in each of the last five years.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) is a cross-departmental team between Defra and the Department for Transport (DfT). It was set up in financial year (FY) 2016/17 and is responsible for the delivery of the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations.
The table below shows Defra’s spend for FY 2015/16 and JAQU’s total spend each year since FY 2016/17. Figures for FY 2014/15 are not available.
Financial Year | Defra Funding (£m) | DfT Funding (£m) | Total (£m) |
2015/16 | 3.2 | -* | 3.2 |
2016/17 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 12.9 |
2017/18 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 42.3 |
2018/19 | 51.6 | 109.2 | 160.8 |
*No DfT funding for FY 2015/16