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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) local authorities and (b) metro mayors have not published local plans to achieve compliance with legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.

Responsibility for developing plans to address nitrogen dioxide exceedances rests with local authorities, rather than metro mayors. We have agreed plans with the following local authorities:

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Basildon Borough Council, Essex County Council and Rochford District Council (joint plan)

Bath and North East Somerset Council

Birmingham City Council

Blackwater Valley (joint plan by Surrey Heath Borough Council, Guildford Borough Council, Rushmoor District Council and Hampshire County Council)

Bolsover District Council

Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Bristol City Council

Broxbourne Borough Council

Coventry City Council

Derby City Council

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Fareham Borough Council and Hampshire County Council (joint plan)

Greater Manchester (joint plan by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, Manchester City Council, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Rochdale Borough Council, Salford City Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, and Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council)

Leeds City Council

Leicester City Council

Liverpool City Council

Nottingham City Council

Portsmouth City Council

Reading Borough Council

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Southampton City Council

Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (joint plan)

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Tyneside (joint plan by Newcastle City Council, South Tyneside Council and Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council)

City of Wolverhampton Council