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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the air quality grant for local authorities in the spring budget.

Defra remains committed to providing support for local authorities to tackle air pollution through the air quality grant. Since 2018 we have awarded over £35 million to a range of locally targeted projects. This includes £10.7 million in funding awarded to 44 local authorities this year.

The value of funding committed to the grant is reviewed annually. The budget available for the next round of funding will be announced in summer 2023.