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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Air Quality Grant 2020-21 Revenue Grant.

Following release of funding to successful applicants through the Air Quality Grant, each year we review evidence collated from the scheme to feed into our design for proceeding funding rounds. Local authorities share evidence with Defra through interim and final reports, which contain information on the delivery of Grant projects and the results of activities undertaken.