Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Joint Air Quality Unit; and whether the Government has plans to (a) review and (b) expand that Unit.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/Department for Transport Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) exists to deliver compliance with legal limits for nitrogen dioxide in the shortest possible time. The Secretary of State has not made an assessment of JAQU’s effectiveness and there are no current plans to review or expand the unit.