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 plans to mandate Birmingham City Council to expand its Clean Air Zone for the purposes of generating income following the issuing of a Section 114 notice by that council.

No. Local authorities cannot use Clean Air Zones as a revenue raising measure. Under the Transport Act 2000 the net proceeds of any charging schemes made under the Act are only available to the local authority for the purpose of facilitating the achievement of its local transport policies.