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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the £3.5 million to improve air quality has been spent to date and on what measures; how much money allocated to specific measures is yet to be spent and what those specific measures are; and how much outstanding funding is yet to be allocated to specific measures.

The UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (NO2), setting out how we will achieve compliance in the shortest possible time, is supported by a £3.5 billion investment into air quality and cleaner transport over 2010 to 2021. This investment includes:

• £1.5 billion to support the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles to 2021 (including elements funded from the National Productivity Investment Fund). As of December 2017 £862.8m had been disbursed.

• £1.2 billion – for the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. As of December 2017 £555m had been disbursed.

• £495 million Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to support councils in the 2017 Plan of which £40m was disbursed as of March 2018 (including the Air Quality Grant for 16/17 and 17/18).

• £100 million disbursed to Highways England for air quality as part of the Road Investment Strategy.

• £89 million disbursed for the Green Bus Fund from 2010 to 2013 for low emission buses.

• £40 million allocated through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19.

• £27 million allocated through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2013 & 2015 and Clean Vehicle Fund 2014 and other bus retrofitting.

• An additional £7 million disbursed through the Air Quality Grant to local authorities to support air quality from 2011 to 2015.