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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of implementing the measures outlined in the consultation, Improving air quality: reducing nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities, launched 5 May 2017; and if he will make a statement.

The technical report accompanying the draft Air Quality Plan included analysis of a range of possible measures that could be considered. Cost estimates are made on pages 187-188 of the technical report, available here: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/airquality/air-quality-plan-for-tackling-nitrogen-dioxide/supporting_documents/Technical%20Report%20%20Amended%209%20May%202017.pdf The final Plan will present analysis of the agreed package of measures as a whole.