Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper Association of Air Pollution Exposure With Psychotic Experiences During Adolescence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the links between air pollution and psychotic experiences in adolescents in England and Wales.

No specific assessment has been made. However, the developing evidence on this issue is kept under review and this paper will be taken into account as part of the overall evidence base. There is ongoing collaborative work across Government to address the health impacts of air pollution.