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Negatively Scored Question - Two-tier
A council will be negatively scored if they have 25% or more LSOAs (Lower-layer Super Output Areas) above the World Health Organisations (WHO) NO2 guidelines.
Negative marks applied for the first tier: -2% of the maximum possible section score
A council will be further negatively scored if they have 75% or more LSOAs (Lower-layer Super Output Areas) above the World Health Organisations (WHO) NO2 guidelines.
Negative marks applied for the second tier: -6% of the maximum possible section score.
NO2 - Nitrogen dioxide, or NO2, is a gaseous air pollutant composed of nitrogen and oxygen and is one of a group of related gases called nitrogen oxides, or NOx. NO2 forms when fossil fuels such as coal, oil, gas or diesel are burned at high temperatures. NO2 in the UK is mostly a result of fossil fuel cars. Data for NO2 in the UK is strong due to a good network of national sensors therefore we have used a stronger criteria.
LSOAs (Lower-layer Super Output Areas) are small areas designed to be of a similar population size, with an average of approximately 1,500 residents or 650 households. They are used to form the basis of the census.
WHO NO2 guidelines: Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations of 10 µg/m3 annual average.
Or show scores by type of council
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Angus Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Bath and North East Somerset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Bridgend County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
City of York Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Cumberland Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Dorset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Dundee City Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Durham County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
East Lothian Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Falkirk Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Fife Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Flintshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Isle of Wight Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Midlothian Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Monmouthshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
North Lincolnshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
North Somerset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Northumberland Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Powys County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Rutland County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Shetland Islands Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Shropshire Council - Unitary
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Somerset Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Stirling Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Swansea City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Telford & Wrekin Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
The Highland Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
The Moray Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Torbay Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
West Berkshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
West Lothian Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/0 | NA | No Penalty Mark |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
Wrexham County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty Mark |
| Aberdeen City Council | -0.38/0 | NA | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | -0.38/0 | NA | |
| Glasgow City Council | -0.38/0 | NA | |
| Newport City Council | -0.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| North Lanarkshire Council | -0.38/0 | NA | |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Bedford Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▼ -0.46 | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▼ -0.46 | |
| Bracknell Forest Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 1.04 | |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Buckinghamshire Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Kirklees Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Middlesbrough Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Milton Keynes | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Peterborough City Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 1.04 | |
| Reading Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 1.04 | |
| Redcar and Cleveland Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Sheffield City Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| South Gloucestershire Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Sunderland City Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Swindon Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| West Northamptonshire Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Wirral Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | -0.46/0 | ▲ 0.04 | |
| Cardiff Council | -1.14/0 | ▲ 0.36 | |
| City of London | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Barnet | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Bexley | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Brent | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Bromley | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Camden | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Croydon | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Ealing | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Enfield | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Hackney | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Haringey | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Harrow | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Havering | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Hounslow | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Islington | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Lambeth | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Lewisham | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Merton | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Newham | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Redbridge | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Southwark | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Sutton | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| Westminster City Council | -1.26/0 | ▲ 0.24 | |
| Birmingham City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Bristol City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Coventry City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Derby City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Halton Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Leeds City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Leicester City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Liverpool City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Luton Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Manchester City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Medway Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Nottingham City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Portsmouth City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Salford City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Slough Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Southampton City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| South Tyneside Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Thurrock Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Warrington Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 | |
| Wolverhampton City Council | -1.38/0 | ▲ 0.12 |