Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 55573

Air Pollution: Warnings

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Siân Berry

Green PartyBrighton Pavilion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people who do not (a) sign up to receive alerts and (b) actively check the UK-AIR website are alerted to high air pollution even

Answer

Emma Hardy
The department has begun work to develop, test and launch a new air quality alert system which will make it easier for the public to sign up to receive alerts when high levels of pollution are expected.