Airports: Nitrogen Dioxide
Commons · Question 37935 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of airport expansion on meeting targets under the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 to reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions.
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 18 Mar 2025
My Department seeks to minimise the impact of aviation on people’s health and wellbeing, in the context of other government priorities. My officials are in regular contact on this issue with other government departments and their agencies, including the D...