Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85525
Fires: Health Hazards
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Question
Bradley Thomas
Conservative — Bromsgrove
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who die each year from wildfire smoke.
Answer
Emma HardyWhilst Defra considers smoke from wildfires to be important the department has not, to date, made an estimate of the number of people who die each year from wildfire smoke.