Air Pollution: Standards
(asked on 18th May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve indoor air quality.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Department of Health and Social Care convenes a cross-government official-level working group which is considering how to take forward ambitions set out in both the Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2022 and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Air Quality Expert Group’s report of November 2022.
Through its cleaner air programme the United Kingdom Health Security Agency aims to reduce people’s exposure to air pollution, tackle the existing disparities and improve outcomes for all. Its programme has three core elements, increasing the evidence base, supporting stakeholders and improving awareness and understanding.