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353892

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total amount spent by the NHS on health care needed as a result of air pollution in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	2351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have an estimate of the total amount spent by the National Health Service on healthcare as a result of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/06/2015 14:59:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

389962

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they have issued to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in London and other major cities about the use of anti-pollution face masks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL1397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>No formal advice has been issued by Her Majesty’s Government to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in London or other major cities about the use of face masks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2015 13:22:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

577899

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent research findings that magnetite, derived from pollution, can damage the brain, what further research they are funding into the health risks of air pollution.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL1647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research is funding the Health Protection Research Unit in Health Impacts of Environmental Hazards, whose remit includes air pollution research. This unit is a partnership between King’s College London and Public Health England in collaboration with Imperial College London.</p><p> </p><p>The Research Councils, funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, invest in a range of research into the health impacts of air pollution exposure in the United Kingdom and internationally. They also support research into the sources and processes controlling air pollution and how it can be better monitored and mitigated to inform integrated policies across health, the natural and built environments, transport and energy.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/09/2016 11:06:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

637121

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants has been instructed to concentrate on ambient air pollution and not to carry out any work on indoor air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	52907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) discussed the indoor air pollution content of its work programme and acknowledged that COMEAP’s work has been out of necessity, dominated by ambient air pollutants to support and inform the national air quality plans. This work has taken priority, even though COMEAP’s remit includes both ambient and indoor air pollution.</p><p> </p><p>Given the current work priorities for COMEAP, it is unlikely that it will be engaging in work on indoor air pollutants over the coming year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to develop guidance on indoor air pollution. NICE is currently working with Public Health England to develop the scope for this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 22/11/2016 15:02:40 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

662049

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) deaths, and (2) emergency hospitalisations, were caused due to excess PM2.5 in the air pollution episode of March to April 2014; and whether they will publish the research.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2017 answer text <p>There was an estimate of 600 deaths across the United Kingdom over the 10 days of High and Very High air pollution compared to around 300 associated with typical particulate (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) air pollution levels.</p><p> </p><p>The mortality estimates are calculated based on published epidemiological exposure response coefficients. It is not possible to determine which individuals were impacted by this episode specifically, nor the length of time that deaths were brought forward by.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 04/01/2017 11:08:19 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

675543

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of people affected by air pollution and poor air quality.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	60718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Whilst there is already evidence of the impacts of air pollution on health, and ongoing work to quantify these impacts, the associated costs to the National Health Service and social care budget are less understood. Public Health England (PHE) has commissioned a consortium led by the UK Health Forum to carry out a project on the estimation of costs to the NHS and social care due to the health impacts of air pollution as part of PHE’s Health Economics Commissioning Framework. The aim is to enable air pollution to be assessed against other public health threats and to support the strategic priority setting process.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 24/01/2017 12:01:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

683012

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on when the UK Health Forum project into the costs to the NHS and to social care from air pollution will (a) conclude and (b) publish its findings.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	62660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has commissioned a consortium led by the UK Health Forum to carry out a project on the estimation of costs to the National Health Service and social care due to the health impacts of air pollution as part of PHE’s Health Economics Commissioning Framework. This project is due to end with the publication of the findings in June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 08/02/2017 16:26:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

681842

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost to the NHS of medical problems caused by breaches of air pollution limits.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL5155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>Whilst there is already evidence of the impacts of air pollution on health, and ongoing work to quantify these impacts, the associated costs to the National Health Service and social care budget are less understood. Public Health England (PHE) has commissioned a consortium, led by the UK Health Forum, to carry out a project on the estimation of costs to the NHS and social care due to the health impacts of air pollution as part of PHE’s Health Economics Commissioning Framework. The aim is to enable air pollution to be assessed against other public health threats and to support the strategic priority setting process.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 10/02/2017 09:05:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

707278

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers of his Department have had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on that Department's forthcoming air quality strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>I met with my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities (Thérèse Coffey) on 7 November 2016 to discuss the air quality plans. In addition, the Department is represented at the Interministerial Group on Clean Growth at which the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ air quality plans have been discussed.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 09/03/2017 15:36:10 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

708956

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of air pollution to the increased incidence of hospital admissions for respiratory conditions over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	66925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Exposure to short-lived air pollution episodes (over a few days or weeks) has been associated with increases in respiratory and cardiovascular disease events, potentially leading to increased risk of mortality and hospitalisation, and exacerbation of conditions, such as asthma.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England looked at the impact of two air pollution episodes (related to particulate matter, PM2.5) over a 10-day period in March and April 2014 (Macintyre et al., 2016). It was found that the total burden of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular causes associated with short-term exposure to PM2.5 was estimated to be around 1,500 across the United Kingdom (around 3.5% of total emergency respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions). Around 785 of these would be expected from more typical pollution levels at this time of year.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/03/2017 10:01:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy