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707261

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings Ministers of her Department have had with the Department (a) for Transport and (b) of Health on meeting the air pollution targets set out in the EU's 2008 Ambient Air Quality Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	66280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of Ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed. Defra Ministers and officials regularly meet with their counterparts in the Department for Transport and the Department of Health to discuss a range of issues of mutual interest, including Government plans to improve air quality. The Clean Growth Inter-Ministerial Group also meets regularly and helps to coordinate and drive forward Government policy on air quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/03/2017 12:42:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

707270

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Low Emission Zones: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage the adoption of low emission zones in urban areas.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	66333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>In December 2015 the Government announced that it would require five cities (Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham and Southampton) to implement a Clean Air Zone.</p><p> </p><p>A Clean Air Zone defines an area where targeted action is taken to improve air quality and where resources are prioritised and coordinated to deliver improved health benefits and support economic growth in the urban environment. As such, a Clean Air Zone can encompass and go beyond the access controls typically associated with Low Emission Zones to promote both behaviour change and the transition to a low emission fleet.</p><p> </p><p>I am proactively engaging with local authorities to ensure that local and central government work together in the best possible way to improve air quality through the adoption of Clean Air Zones and other measures.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/03/2017 14:18:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

707345

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the Government meets the air pollution targets set out in the EU's 2008 Ambient Air Quality Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	66281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, Tom Brake, on 27 February 2017, PQ UIN 64339.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 66373 question first answered 08/03/2017 12:49:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

707258

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will make staged funding available for the England Coastal Path as it opens.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	66405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>Natural England will provide funding for the England Coast Path as stretches of the coast are opened under Part 9 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. We are aiming to complete the England Coast Path by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/03/2017 12:36:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

707259

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Public Footpaths: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department plans to make available for the maintenance and improvement of the English National Trails in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	66403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay, Steve Double, on 7 March 2017, PQ66037</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 66404 question first answered 07/03/2017 12:32:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

707260

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Public Footpaths
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to reinstate the three year funding cycle for the English National Trails as set out by Natural England in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	66404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay, Steve Double, on 7 March 2017, PQ66037</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 66403 question first answered 07/03/2017 12:32:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

707263

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have breached the World Health Organisation's air quality limits in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold compliance data at a local authority level. Defra assesses compliance against EU air quality limit values for 43 regional zones and agglomerations across the UK. World Health Organization guidelines and EU limits are the same for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but differ for all other pollutants. The compliance assessment is contained in the annual compliance reports which are accessible on the UK-Air Air website:</p><p><a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Air quality data from Defra's national monitoring network is routinely published on the UK-Air website and can be searched by location. In addition, many local authorities monitor air quality at local level and make this data available</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 66316 question first answered 09/03/2017 14:10:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

707264

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure local authorities meet statutory air quality targets.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to improving the UK's air quality and cutting harmful emissions and works with the Devolved Administrations to deliver this. I recently wrote to 230 local authorities across England that have longstanding air quality challenges to highlight the need for further action and to better understand the issues they were facing, to ensure they are working towards meeting their air quality targets.</p><p> </p><p>Defra provides statutory policy and technical guidance for local authorities in England to enable them to fulfil their air quality management duties. Defra provides technical support to local authorities via a dedicated local air quality management Helpdesk (accessible via phone, email and online). Defra provides calculation tools to support local authorities in their monitoring and modelling efforts.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 March, Defra in partnership with Public Health England, released an updated air Quality Toolkit for Directors of Public designed to help local authorities take action to improve air quality.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/03/2017 14:15:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

707266

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have breached legal air quality limits in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold compliance data at a local authority level. Defra assesses compliance against EU air quality limit values for 43 regional zones and agglomerations across the UK. World Health Organization guidelines and EU limits are the same for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but differ for all other pollutants. The compliance assessment is contained in the annual compliance reports which are accessible on the UK-Air Air website:</p><p><a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Air quality data from Defra's national monitoring network is routinely published on the UK-Air website and can be searched by location. In addition, many local authorities monitor air quality at local level and make this data available</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 66318 question first answered 09/03/2017 14:10:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

707268

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to retain the air quality targets contained in the 2008 Ambient Air Quality Directive after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Ambient Air Quality Directive (including its limit values and target values) was transposed into law in England through the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010. There are no plans to change the limit values and target values in the Regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/03/2017 12:54:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders