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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which months he plans to consult on the (a) National Air Quality Strategy, (b) National Air Pollution Control Programme, (c) air quality targets set by the Environment Act 2021 and (d) changes to Local Air Quality Management.

We are currently aiming for public consultations to take place a) for the National Air Quality Strategy in Autumn 2022, b) for the revised National Air Pollution Control Programme in Spring-Summer 2022 and d) for the changes to the Local Air Quality Management framework in Spring-Summer 2022. The consultation related to the air quality targets set under the Environment Act 2021 has already been published.