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Fires: Air Pollution

Commons · Question 90619 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the the amount of smoke pollution caused by wildfires in the UK in (a) 2024 and (b) in 2025; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Nov 2025

The estimates for emissions from wildfires in 2024 will be published in February 2026, and the estimates for 2025 will be published in February 2027.