Clean Air Data
Case reference FOI2024/00071
Published 13 February 2024
Request
Good morning, I am e-mailing you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am after information relating to clean air data in cities with clean air zones.. If the request proves too broad, or exceeds the allocated time allowance for an FOI request, could you please inform me? In particular, I am after the following information: 1. By how much has the air quality improved since the beginning of the clean air zone scheme? * For Q1, please provide a month-by-month breakdown of air quality measurements * For Q1, please provide air quality measurement figures relating to the first day that the local clean air zone was introduced 1. How much revenue has the council generated from fines in relation to the clean air zone since the scheme began? * For Q2, please provide a month-by-month breakdown of the figures 1. How many individual drivers have received fines for failing to meet the requirements for the clean air zone since the scheme began? * For Q3, please provide a month-by-month breakdown of the figures If any aspect of the above request is unclear, or exceeds the time and resource allocations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, can you please inform me so I can consider adjusting my request.
Response
A detailed air quality analysis of the impacts of our ZEZ Pilot is available in Oxford City Council's latest Annual Status report here:
https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/8466/air_quality_annual_status_report_2022
Within it, Table 12 Appendix B, Page 26 and Figure 15 are relevant to this analysis.
1. How much revenue has the council generated from fines in relation to the clean air zone since the scheme began?
Oxfordshire County Council manages ZEZ scheme.
We recommend you redirect your enquiry to Oxfordshire County Council via the web form here, or by email to foi@oxfordshire.gov.uk
* For Q2, please provide a month-by-month breakdown of the figures
N/A.
1. How many individual drivers have received fines for failing to meet the requirements for the clean air zone since the scheme began?
We recommend you redirect your enquiry to Oxfordshire County Council via the web form here, or by email to foi@oxfordshire.gov.uk
The City Council is aware that a full ZEZ Pilot evaluation report is expected to be published this month (January 2024) containing all the information requested in the last two questions that were raised above-Oxfordshire County will advise further.
* For Q3, please provide a month-by-month breakdown of the figures
As above-N/A.
Documents
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