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	date	08/01/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the analysis by the Royal College of Physicians in their report Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution, published in February 2016, that around 40,000 deaths each year are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution, what steps they are taking to improve air quality; and when they expect air quality to improve.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL12657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has ambitious targets in place to reduce emissions of five damaging air pollutants (ammonia, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, fine particulate matter and sulphur dioxide) by 2020 and 2030. We have put in place a £3.5 billion plan to reduce harmful emissions from road transport, and we will end the sale of new conventional diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2040. Our new and world leading Clean Air Strategy, published on 14 January, focuses on broader emissions beyond road transport and sets goals working towards World Health Organisation recommendations on particulate matter emissions – going further than the EU requires.</p><p> </p><p>Air pollution has reduced significantly since 2010 – emissions of toxic nitrogen oxides have fallen by almost 27%, and are at their lowest level since records began. However, there is more to do, and by requiring comprehensive action from all parts of government and society, we will be able to continue to cut air pollution and save lives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/01/2019 12:43:21 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

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	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 174612 on Air Pollution, what plans his Department has to further study the effects of PM0.1 and PM1 particles on human health.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	206215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Recent assessments have been undertaken of the health effects of long-term exposure to the air pollution mixture in the United Kingdom, but no separate assessments of the impact of the PM1 and PM0.1 components (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 1 or 0.1 microns, respectively) of particulate air pollution have been produced.</p><p> </p><p>The reviews by the Health Effects Institute and the World Health Organization about the effects of different components of air pollution, including ultrafine particles (PM0.1), concluded that there is currently limited evidence on the effects on health of ultrafine particles. These reviews are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.healtheffects.org/publication/understanding-health-effects-ambient-ultrafine-particles" target="_blank">https://www.healtheffects.org/publication/understanding-health-effects-ambient-ultrafine-particles</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/193108/REVIHAAP-Final-technical-report-final-version.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank">http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/193108/REVIHAAP-Final-technical-report-final-version.pdf?ua=1</a></p><p> </p><p>Currently, Public Health England has no plans to engage in work on the effects of PM1 and PM0.1 particles on human health over the coming year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2019 12:30:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew