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47574

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings he has had with the Mayor of London on air quality.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets the Mayor of London on a regular basis. They met on 1 May last year specifically to discuss air quality. There has also been correspondence between them on this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, Defra air quality officials are in regular contact with officials at the Greater London Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47575

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which key delivery partners his Department has met to inform a second consultation on local air quality management as mentioned in the Local Air Quality Management in England: Review-Summary of Responses and Government Reply.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra officials have met with lead officials at the Department for Transport and Greater London Authority, and, through the Regional Coordinators Group, local air quality practitioners and environmental health officers from across England. This Group, which meets at least twice a year, includes representatives from other Government Departments and key stakeholders. We will continue to engage fully with these and other delivery partners to help inform our second consultation on revised regulations and guidance for local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47576

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many monitoring stations were in place and returning air quality data for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra operates an extensive monitoring network in order to assess air quality in the UK. The number of sites may vary year to year as sites are upgraded or replaced. A summary of the number of monitoring stations for each pollutant by year is provided below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PM2.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PM10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47577

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has adopted a formal position on the EU air package; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the European Commission's Clean Air Package which was published on 18 December last year. The Commission has recently published several reports updating its impact assessment for the package, and we are in the process of analysing the proposals. The Government is committed to working with the Commission, the European Parliament and other Member States to ensure the package is proportionate, deliverable and achievable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47578

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which air quality monitoring stations went off-line in each year since 2010-11; and on what dates they were off-line.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra operates an extensive monitoring network of nearly 300 sites in order to assess air quality in the UK and report to the EU for compliance. Many of these sites have multiple instruments measuring different pollutants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Automatic and Urban Network has 130 sites that provide information on five key pollutants on an hourly basis. Information from this network is updated hourly on the UK Air website to provide the most recent data to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An extensive Programme of maintenance, auditing and site inspections is required to maintain the networks operation. EU directives state that instruments must be operational for a minimum period of time for data to be reported and these requirements are met in our annual compliance reporting.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not possible to provide information on the specific times when instruments were not operational during the last four years, but I refer the hon. Member for Brent North to the UK's annual compliance report for statistics regarding data capture at each site, at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47579

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
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 the Government plans to send and publish its reply to the European Commission letter of formal notice of persistent air pollution problems sent on 20 February 2014.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The deadline for a response to the European Commission is 21 April. Correspondence between the Commission and Member States in infringement proceedings is confidential. We do not, therefore, intend to publish the UK's response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47580

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will publish a second consultation on local air quality management.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We expect to publish a second consultation on regulatory and guidance changes to the Local Air Quality Management system (in England) towards the end of this year. As stated in our Summary of Responses published last December, we intend to explore all alternatives put forward by respondents, drawing on core conclusions from the review and working in partnership with key stakeholders. This will ensure that a robust and sustainable package is put forward as part of the next consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47581

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee's Eleventh Report, on Plastic Bags, HC 861 will be completed and sent to the Committee.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is considering the Committee's recommendations and will respond as soon as details have been finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47582

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date each of the 40 air quality zones with exceedances of nitrogen dioxide limit values in 2010 will achieve compliance with 2010 nitrogen dioxide limit values.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Meeting EU standards for nitrogen dioxide remains a challenge for many large urban areas in the UK and across Europe. In 2011 Defra submitted estimates of the year each part of the UK would meet these standards to the European Commission. The assumptions behind our projections are regularly reviewed to reflect new understanding and we expect to have new projections available later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47589

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's biodiversity offsetting schemes, what spatial constraints will be placed on the location of such schemes.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra is currently considering its policy options on offsetting which include what spatial constraints there might be on the location of offsets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These considerations are being made in light of feedback and evidence from several sources. These include our public consultation on biodiversity offsetting in England, the Environmental Audit Committee's report and evidence from the six offsetting pilots.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner