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Wood-burning Stoves: Health Hazards

Commons · Question 43349 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28295 on Wood-burning Stoves: Health Hazards, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timetable is of his Department’s review of

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 9 Apr 2025

The Government is committed to taking action to clean up our air and protecting the public from the harm of pollution. Domestic solid fuel burning accounted for 20% of PM2.5 emissions in 2023, with indoor wood burning accounting for 11% of total PM2.5. Th...