Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 56072
Batteries: Fires
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025
Question
Sarah Bool
Conservative — South Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of toxic emissions from battery storage fires near residential areas on public health.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department has not formally commissioned research into this topic. However, on 14 March 2025, the Environment Agency published the paper, Net zero: Environmental and social implications of energy storage technologies: summary, which is available at th...
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