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		Written answer
	answer has question	3SmUQM89
	answer has answering person	Therese Coffey
	answer text	<p>Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to review and assess local ambient air quality, and are responsible for mitigation of air pollution where people are likely to be exposed, such as at schools.</p><p>Defra provides guidance and support to local authorities on monitoring; positioning of monitors is expected to be in line with national and local priorities, and may include schools and other locations where there is high risk of public exposure.</p><p>Coventry City Council monitor for both NO<sub>2</sub> and PM<sub>2.5</sub>. The council has declared an Air Quality Management Area for exceedances in levels on NO<sub>2</sub> and have been updating their action plan to improve air quality in the city.</p><p>Government is working closely with 61 English local authorities, including Coventry City Council, and has placed legal duties on them – underpinned by £495 million in funding – to tackle their nitrogen dioxide exceedances.</p>
	answer given date	2019-01-28
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	D8OPPFKX
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	D8OPPFKX
3SmUQM89	question has answer	D8OPPFKX
Therese Coffey	answering person has answer	D8OPPFKX