Rebecca Pow corrected a written answer on Clean Air Zones: Software

2 April 2020 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Afzal Khan (Labour, Manchester, Gorton) asked written question 29995 on 16 March 2020. Rebecca Pow answered on 24 March 2020 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rebecca Pow corrected the answer on 2 April 2020. The corrected text no longer gives the figures £201,804, £282,720. Altogether 165 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the software required to enforce clean air zones is available by 2021.

Original and corrected answer

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The ~~UK-wide Pollinator Monitoring Research Partnership was established~~ with ~~funding from Defra~~ and the Scottish and Welsh Governments. The total cost over the three-year project period from 2016 to 2019 was £282,720. In-kind contributions from UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK CEH) and other academic and voluntary organisations were also committed to the project, to a value of £201,804 (for example for staff time, data sharing, software). The monitoring work itself was co-ordinated by UK CEH. A follow-up project is now underway, building on the outcomes from this first one. Further details are available on the GOV.UK website at: http://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/	The Government is working with a number of local authorities to put in place the digital infrastructure to support Clean Air Zones. The vehicle compliance checker launched earlier this year, with the payment portal launching in the summer. This will enable users to check if they may be charged to drive in a zone. Local authorities will be responsible for the enforcement of Clean Air Zones and the collection of any penalty payments arising.

Original

Corrected

The ~~UK-wide Pollinator Monitoring Research Partnership was established~~ with ~~funding from Defra~~ and the Scottish and Welsh Governments.
The total cost over the three-year project period from 2016 to 2019 was £282,720.
In-kind contributions from UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK CEH) and other academic and voluntary organisations were also committed to the project, to a value of £201,804 (for example for staff time, data sharing, software). The monitoring work itself was co-ordinated by UK CEH.
A follow-up project is now underway, building on the outcomes from this first one. Further details are available on the GOV.UK website at:
http://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/

The Government is working with a number of local authorities to put in place the digital infrastructure to support Clean Air Zones. The vehicle compliance checker launched earlier this year, with the payment portal launching in the summer. This will enable users to check if they may be charged to drive in a zone.
Local authorities will be responsible for the enforcement of Clean Air Zones and the collection of any penalty payments arising.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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