Nitrogen Oxides: Pollution Control
Commons · Question 21149 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Carla Denyer
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7788 on Air Pollution, what guidance his Department provides on safe limits of NOx.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 6 Jan 2025
The Air Quality Standards Regulations (2010) set a limit of 40µg/m³ for the annual average concentration of NO₂ (a component of NOx). This threshold, determined with consideration of pertinent health guidelines, aims to safeguard human health. NOx is exte...