Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 90356

Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential public health impact of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles fitted with defeat devices since 2015.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government is committed to reducing air pollution from all forms of transport. The department recognises that elevated NOx emissions from diesel vehicles contribute to poor air quality. The Department has not produced a specific UK-only assessment of ...

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