Written questions

Air Pollution

Commons · Question 94036 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing PM2.5 to 10 micrograms per cubic metre.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Nov 2025

We have made rapid progress in reducing PM2.5 concentrations and we will be setting new interim targets for 2030 in the forthcoming Environmental Improvement Plan.