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381803

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she plans to publish a new national air quality plan.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	2970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide will be published by the end of 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/06/2015 13:25:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

983110

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will include the World Health Organisation’s limit for fine particulate matter PM2.5 in the upcoming Environment Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	176495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>In our recent draft Clean Air Strategy consultation, we committed to halve the population living in areas with concentrations of fine particulate matter above WHO guideline levels (10 μg/m3) by 2025. We are the first major economy in the world to adopt targets based on WHO guidelines, going far beyond EU requirements. The Clean Air Strategy consultation has now closed and we will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/10/2018 15:45:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

983111

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he is putting in place to protect (a) children, (b) the elderly, (c) people with a (i) lung and (ii) heart condition and (d) other vulnerable people from air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	176496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Our recently published draft Clean Air Strategy sets out our proposals to reduce the emission of five regulated air pollutants, including PM<sub>2.5</sub>, which has the strongest evidence of harm to human health. The proposals in our the draft Strategy will result in reductions to PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrations which will halve the population living in areas with concentrations above the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) annual guideline of 10μgm<sup>-3</sup>, making us the first major developed economy to recognise the guideline. This ambition goes beyond EU requirements and has been welcomed by the WHO.</p><p> </p><p>The measures in our draft Strategy will reduce concentrations of damaging pollution for all people, including those who may be more vulnerable to the effects of air pollution.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has consulted on the draft Strategy and is currently considering the responses received from a wide range of interested parties, including views about adoption of WHO guideline limits and how best to engage with those who may be more vulnerable to the effects of air pollution. An updated Strategy published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals included additional powers for local authorities to tackle locally-important sources of air pollution, including around schools, care homes and healthcare facilities, if the local authority deems this appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, my officials are working with healthcare organisations to develop bespoke guidance for those who may be more vulnerable to the effects of air pollution, including children, older people and those with cardiopulmonary conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, Defra, Public Health England and the Local Government Association, jointly published an updated resource “Air Quality: briefing for directors of public health”, which enables further action at the local level.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/10/2018 16:09:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook