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890357

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Incinerators
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 methodology was used in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory to calculate the emissions of (a) PM 0.1, (b) PM 1, (c) PM 2.5 and (d) PM 10 from waste incineration sites.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>In line with international reporting guidelines a number of different data sources are combined to calculate the emissions from waste incineration sites for the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory.</p><p> </p><p>These include emissions data from large waste installations reported under the Industrial Emissions Directive and European Pollution Release and Transfer Register and emissions calculated from peer reviewed literature emission factors and activity data.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 13:16:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890362

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Incinerators: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, which particulate matter is included in the term total particulate matter.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Total particulate matter includes all particulate matter, i.e. particulate matter of all sizes.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 13:19:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890019

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 131978, how can residents who live near an incinerator find out the amount of (a) PM2.5, (b) PM1 and (c) PM0.1 particulate matter emitted by the incinerator.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>There is currently no accurate method by which the exact amount of PM2.5, PM1 or PM0.1 emitted from incinerators can be determined. This is because total particulate matter (TPM) emissions from modern incinerators are so low that quantifying the amount of the smaller particles with any level of accuracy is not possible using currently available technology.</p><p> </p><p>However, there are European air quality standards for both PM10 (which will include PM2.5, PM1 and PM0.1) and PM2.5 (which will include PM1 and PM0.1) and the Environment Agency will not permit an incinerator if its emissions could cause these standards to be exceeded.</p><p> </p><p>Documents which explain how the Environment Agency makes its permitting decisions (including its assessment of the impacts from particulate matter) are available on the public register for all incinerators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/05/2018 17:33:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890020

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 131978, why incinerators are exempt from monitoring and reporting on emissions of PM 2.5 and of PM10, when other industries are required separately to monitor and report the incidence of such particles.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Waste incinerators are required to continuously monitor and report on emissions of total particulate matter (TPM) in line with the requirements of the European Industrial Emissions Directive. TPM includes PM10 and PM2.5 as well as other sizes. There is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring of PM10 and PM2.5 and therefore there are no requirements in permits to monitor and report on these emissions. Where appropriate, for reasons of air quality, the Environment Agency may require operators in industries it regulates to assess and report on particle size distribution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/05/2018 17:37:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890029

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379 on Incinerators, what equipment is used by operators of waste incinerators (a) monitor and (b) report on emissions of (i) PM10 and (ii) PM2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Waste incinerators are required to continuously monitor and report on emissions of total particulate matter (TPM) in line with the requirements of the European Industrial Emissions Directive. TPM includes PM10 and PM2.5 as well as other sizes. There is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring (and therefore reporting) of PM10 and PM2.5.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/05/2018 11:28:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890037

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379 on 19th April 2018, what the reason is for the question on Form PI-1 - Pollution Inventory Reporting which requires operators of many industrial processes to report separately on emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 when there is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring of PM10 and PM2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>If emissions of a particular pollutant are not (or cannot be) measured directly, they can often be estimated by the use of emission factors (EFs), for example the amount of pollutant released from a power station per tonne of fuel burned. The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296988/LIT_7757_9e97eb.pdf" target="_blank">Pollution Inventory Guidance</a> for incineration activities specifies some EFs which can be used to calculate PM10 and PM2.5 based on the amount of waste burned. However, the source data for these EFs is out of date, dating from 2000, and modern incinerators will produce far lower levels of PM10 and PM2.5 following the introduction of highly-efficient fabric filters which all incinerators are now equipped with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/05/2018 11:42:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890052

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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, for what reasons why Form PI-1 - Pollution Inventory Reporting sets the reporting threshold for PM2.5 at 1000kg per annum and the reporting threshold for PM10 at 1000 kg per annum when the reporting threshold for total particulate matter is 10,000 kg per annum.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not hold records on how the original PI thresholds were derived. However, since total particulate matter (TPM) will contain both PM10 and PM2.5, plus particles of other sizes, it is logical that the thresholds for PM10 and PM2.5 can be lower than TPM.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/05/2018 11:30:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890061

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 20 April 2018 to Question 135442 on Air Pollution, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) the public and (b) people living in close proximity to waste incinerator sites have adequate information on the dispersal of emissions of (i) PM 0.1, (ii) PM 1, (iii) PM 2.5 and (iv) PM10 from waste incinerator sites.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	137111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Documents which explain how the Environment Agency makes its permitting decisions (including the results of air dispersion modelling for PM10 and PM2.5, which will include PM1 and PM0.1) are available on the public register for all incinerators. The public register is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/05/2018 10:40:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

882304

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 assessment his Department has made of the wind speed required to disperse (a) PM 0.1, (b) PM 1, (c) PM2.5 and (d) PM10 particles from the source from which they are emitted.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	135442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>Defra has not undertaken such assessments.</p><p> </p><p>However, our annual assessment of air pollution in the UK uses models that take into consideration general characteristics of dispersion away from emissions sources in calculating annual concentrations of PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5</sub> across the UK, and details can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://ukair.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat09/1709281207_AQ0650_2015_MAAQ_technical_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://ukair.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat09/1709281207_AQ0650_2015_MAAQ_technical_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, Defra commissions daily air quality forecasts from the Met Office that are issued on our UK Air website: <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>. These forecasts provide short term predictions of the impact of the weather (including wind direction and wind speed) on UK air quality. Forecasts are provided for the purposes of informing the public about the likelihood of elevated air pollution over the coming days alongside associated health advice.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/04/2018 10:30:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

882362

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Incinerators
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 he will require the operators of waste incineration sites to (a) monitor the emissions of PM 10 and PM 2.5 particles at their sites and (b) publish the results of such monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	135379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Waste incineration sites are required to continuously monitor emissions of total particulate matter (TPM) in line with the requirements of the European Industrial Emissions Directive. TPM includes PM 10 and PM 2.5 as well as other sizes.</p><p> </p><p>There is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring of PM 10 and PM 2.5. There is no requirement for waste incinerator operators to specifically monitor for PM 10 and PM 2.5 on a regular basis, and there are no plans to require such monitoring in the future.</p><p> </p><p>However, all new waste incinerators must carry out a one-off monitoring exercise after the plant is commissioned to determine the relative amount of PM 10 and PM 2.5 in the exhaust gases, and the results of this monitoring are published on the public register.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/04/2018 10:36:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew