Air Pollution: Children
Commons · Question 42654 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of air pollution on children’s health.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 8 Apr 2025
Children can be susceptible to the health effects from long and short-term exposure to air pollution. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants published advice on susceptibility to air pollution in March 2025. They concluded that, based on t...