Tackling local air quality breaches

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 6 Jun 2022 Closed: 14 Dec 2022 Parliament page
The UK has air quality targets which specify legal limits of major pollutants at a local and a national level. While emissions of most air pollutants have been falling in recent decades, air quality continues to cause significant health, economic and environmental risks, and the UK is not currently meeting … Read more
6 Recommendations
27 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
14 Dec
2022
Report published
26 Oct
2022
Report published
20 Oct
2022
Correspondence
17 Oct
2022
Correspondence
27 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
27 Jun 2022
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Tackling local air quality breaches
David Hill · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Gareth Davies CB · Department for Business and Trade Nick Harris · National Highways
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Second Report - Tackling local air quality breaches HC 37 26 Oct 2022 33 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
33 Conclusion Deferred
Twenty-Second Report - Tackling lo…
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Government Response
The government states it has consulted on a revised National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP) with measures to deliver compliance with 2030 targets for all air pollutants, and responses are currently being carefully considered.
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34 Conclusion Deferred
Twenty-Second Report - Tackling lo…
Ammonia emissions have remained broadly stable since 2007, with the latest data implying that the...
Ammonia emissions have remained broadly stable since 2007, with the latest data implying that the UK missed its 2020 ceiling for this pollutant.60 We heard from Defra that it only became clear that this target would be missed when the … Read more
Government Response
The government states it has consulted on a revised National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP) with measures to deliver compliance with 2030 targets for all air pollutants, and responses are currently being carefully considered.
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Government Response AI assessment · 29 of 6 classified
Accepted 10
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 11
Deferred 2
Rejected 5
Total 6 recs + 27 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
20 Oct 2022 Joint correspondence from David Hill, Director General for Environment, Rural and Marine and Gareth Davies, Second Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Deputy Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, re Air Quality PAC: Follow-Up Response, dated 11 July 2022
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17 Oct 2022 Joint correspondence from Gareth Davies Second, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport and David Hill Director General for Environment, Rural and Marine to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Deputy Chair, Committee of Public Accounts, re Air Quality PAC: Follow-up response regarding the publication of the 2021 Air Quality Annual Compliance Assessment, dated 29 September 2022
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