Question follow-through · 24707

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to local authorities to improve air quality.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
10 Feb 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Environment and energy

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to local authorities to improve air quality.

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The department works closely with local authorities to develop approaches to reducing air pollution. Under the NO2 Programme, the Government’s DfT-Defra Joint Air Quality Unit has provided significant funding to support local authorities to improve air qu...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foot and Mouth Disease: Germany

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Foot and Mouth outbreak in Germany.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of tracing of movement of animals, animal products and vehicles to the UK, in the context of the Foot and Mouth outbreak in Germ

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foot and Mouth Disease

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk of incursion of Foot and Mouth disease to the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional checks have been put in place at UK border ports for animals, animal products and vehicles coming from (a) the area affected by Foot and Mouth disease and (b) Germany.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of capability for (a) sourcing and (b) deploying a vaccine in relation to an outbreak of foot and mouth.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

African Swine Fever

24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of incursion of African Swine Fever to the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Avian Influenza

24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of avian influenza.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Floods and Storms: Emergency Services

27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with emergency services providers on the provision of services during (a) storm and (b) flooding incidents.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Floods: Insurance

27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Flood Re Scheme is accessible for people impacted by flooding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control

27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help improve flood preparedness.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Horses: Export Controls

29 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) adult and (b) foal (i) horses and (ii) ponies have been seized at the UK border following attempts to illegally export them to Europe since 1 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tree Planting: Animal Welfare

7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Government-funded tree planting schemes are avoiding planting sycamore trees adjacent to, or near to, known equine grazing areas, in