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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the new National Air Quality Strategy will differ from the (a) Clean Air Strategy 2019 and (b) National Air Quality Strategy 2007.

The Government's Clean Air Strategy and National Air Quality Strategy are complementary. The Clean Air Strategy sets out national measures for reducing emissions of five key pollutants to meet statutory emissions ceilings. The Air Quality Strategy 2007 sets out policies with respect to the assessment or management of air quality and which includes standards and objectives for local air quality. Together these strategies aim to tackle air pollution to protect people's health and reduce harmful effects on the environment

In line with commitments in the Environment Act 2021, Government is reviewing the National Air Quality Strategy and will publish a revised Strategy in 2023. A key objective will be improving local authority capability to target action to reduce health disparities from air pollution and its disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups. The revised Strategy will take our new air quality targets, to be set under the Environment Act 2021, into account.