Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110344

Air Pollution

Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the the top five impacts of air pollution in England on each of (a) the climate, (b) the environment and (c) public health and their cascadin

Answer

Emma Hardy
The UKHSA Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) in the UK: 2023 report considered the relationship between climate change and outdoor air pollution and included new analyses of the health burden from long-term and short-term exposure to air pollution.