Closed call for evidence

Local air quality management: public authorities call for evidence

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 5 October 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Summary

Seeking views on which relevant public authorities should be considered for designation as ‘Relevant Public Authorities’.

This call for evidence was held on another website.

This call for evidence ran from
9:30am on 5 October 2020 to 11:45pm on 18 January 2021

Call for evidence description

We are seeking views and evidence on which public authorities should be considered for designation by the Environment Secretary as ‘Relevant Public Authorities’. A relevant public authority may then be required to co-operate with local authorities acting as an ‘Air Quality Partner’ within the Local Air Quality Management Framework.

This is under a new power which we intend to introduce through the Environment Bill, amending Part IV of the Environment Act 1995.

In particular, we are looking to understand:

• the bodies’ contribution to local air pollution
• the actions the bodies could realistically take to reduce the contribution in a local context
• the resource implications for the body

We welcome responses from local authorities and potential relevant public authorities.

Published 5 October 2020