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Air Pollution

Commons · Question 42655 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that air pollution levels near (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) GP surgeries do not exceed the World Health Organisation's recommended limits.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 7 Apr 2025

This Government is committed to continue reducing everyone’s exposure to air pollution. We are developing a series of further interventions to reduce emissions from key sources. We have set a Population Exposure Reduction Target for PM2.5, which will cont...