Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on tackling poor air quality in each of the last five years.
The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) is a cross-Departmental team between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Transport (DfT). It was set up in Financial Year (FY) 2016/17 and is responsible for the delivery of the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (NO2).
The table below shows Defra’s spend for FY 2015/16 and JAQU’s total spend each year since FY 2016/17. Figures for FY 2014/15 are not available.
Financial Year | Defra Funding (£m) | DfT Funding (£m) | Total (£m) |
2015/16 | 3.2 | -* | 3.2 |
2016/17 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 12.9 |
2017/18 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 42.3 |
2018/19 | 51.6 | 109.2 | 160.8 |
*No DfT funding for FY 2015/16