Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK environment of recent reports of radioactive pollution, including traces of ruthenium 106 detected in France, spreading from Eastern Europe.

The Environment Agency has worked with partners, in particular Public Health England who operate air monitoring equipment in the UK, to assess any effects on the environment. Air monitoring has not detected any elevated levels of ruthenium 106. Therefore there is no indication of any effects on the environment in the UK.