Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 36299

Diesel Vehicles: Nitrogen Oxides

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel vehicles using defeat devices on UK air quality.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department for Transport is the department responsible for setting and enforcing standards for NOx emissions from diesel vehicles. The Market Surveillance Unit within the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is undertaking a programme looking at possib...

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