Question follow-through · 95297

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the current statutory thresholds at which a local authority is required to declare an Air Quality Management Area.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the current statutory thresholds at which a local authority is required to declare an Air Quality Management Area.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Air Quality Objectives set under the Air Quality (England) Regulations 2000 set out the statutory thresholds that determine the need to declare an Air Quality Management Area. These continue to drive local authority action on NO2 and other pollutants....

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