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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379 on Incinerators, what equipment is used by operators of waste incinerators (a) monitor and (b) report on emissions of (i) PM10 and (ii) PM2.5.

Waste incinerators are required to continuously monitor and report on emissions of total particulate matter (TPM) in line with the requirements of the European Industrial Emissions Directive. TPM includes PM10 and PM2.5 as well as other sizes. There is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring (and therefore reporting) of PM10 and PM2.5.