Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94036

Air Pollution

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing PM2.5 to 10 micrograms per cubic metre.

Answer

Emma Hardy
We have made rapid progress in reducing PM2.5 concentrations and we will be setting new interim targets for 2030 in the forthcoming Environmental Improvement Plan.