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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of schools in the West Midlands in areas with high levels of toxic air.

Local authorities have a duty to monitor and assess air quality and to take action to reduce pollution where local air quality objectives are breached. The positioning of monitors is expected to be in line with national and local priorities, which may include schools and other locations where there are more vulnerable populations.