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<p>We have consulted on our new world-leading Clean <strong>Air</strong> Strategy,
which includes new and ambitious goals, legislation, investment and policies to help
us to clean up our <strong>air</strong> faster and more effectively. The Government
has put in place a £3.5 billion plan to improve <strong>air</strong><strong> quality</strong>
and reduce harmful emissions. The £3.5 billion plan to improve air quality does not
set allocations by areas and future funding awards cannot be prejudged. But some examples
of spending under this plan in the East Midlands are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>£495m of this funding is focused on supporting local authorities across England
with the most significant air quality challenges; including Derby City Council, Bolsover
District Council, Nottingham City Council, and Leicester City Council, all of which
are developing local plans to ensure compliance with NO<sub>2 </sub>limits in the
shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 20 November, we approved
Nottingham’s plan to bring forward compliance with NO<sub>2</sub> concentration limits
and issued a Ministerial Direction requiring the council to implement the plan, accompanied
by £1 million of funding from the Clean Air Fund. Nottingham City Council has received
further funding from the Government to retrofit 171 buses and to convert its own fleet.
Derby City Council and Nottingham City Council been awarded grants totalling £3.1
million to support the implementation of early measures to improve air quality.</p><p>
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