Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 42654

Air Pollution: Children

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of air pollution on children’s health.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Children can be susceptible to the health effects from long and short-term exposure to air pollution. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants published advice on susceptibility to air pollution in March 2025. They concluded that, based on t...

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