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The UK Air website is government’s main source of communication on air quality, but it...

Recommendation
The UK Air website is government’s main source of communication on air quality, but it is fairly impenetrable to the general public.11 While the website provides a high- level air pollution forecast, and allows users to download air quality datasets, it does not clearly present information on the legal limits for each pollutant, actions taken to date by the UK government and the progress being made, to put the air quality data it gives in context. The annual Air Pollution in the UK report only gives a breakdown of air quality information by the zones that are used for reporting compliance with legal limits on a national basis, which is not informative to local residents.12
Government Response

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HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age 3.9 yrs
Report published 26 Oct 2022