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£11.6m boost for local authorities to tackle air pollution
Local authorities across England have been granted more than £11 million in government funding to deliver projects to improve air quality.
The Air Quality Grant funding will enable councils to develop and implement measures to benefit schools, businesses and communities and reduce the impact of dirty air on people’s health.
For 2022, the government has doubled the amount of funding awarded from 2021 to better support a raft of innovative projects to deliver air quality improvements.
The investment includes over £1 million of funding for projects that will deliver measures to improve public awareness in local communities about the risks of air pollution, following a recommendation in the Coroner’s Prevention of Future Deaths report after the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in 2013.
Jo Churchill, Agri-innovation and Climate Adaptation Minister, said: “Air pollution is the single biggest environmental risk to public health. It has reduced significantly since 2010, but we know there is more to do, which is why we have doubled the amount of funding awarded this year to help local authorities take vital action.
“The projects supported by this latest round of funding include innovative local schemes to boost the use of green transport, increase monitoring of fine particulate matter – the most harmful pollutant to human health – and improve awareness of the risks of poor air quality around schools and in care homes. Local authorities are best placed to find solutions to the issues they face in their areas, and we will continue to work closely with them and offer support to help deliver real change in cleaning up our air.”
The local authority schemes receiving funding in this round include: Brighton and Hove City Council; Buckinghamshire Council; London Borough of Camden; Oxfordshire County Council; London Borough of Southwark; West Midlands Combined Authority; and Westminster City Council.
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