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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 102540 on Air Pollution, what progress his Department has made on its review of the way air quality information and advice is communicated to the public.

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is continuing to work with the UK Health Security Agency on a holistic review of how air quality information is communicated. Since the 12th of January 2022 progress includes:

• Four full steering group meetings.
• formation of 5 working groups within the steering group to rapidly progress work streams.
• Based on early recommendations from the steering group, HM Government is in the process of commissioning several pieces of research to be completed by this financial year.