Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential for fracking of shale gas to result in radon contamination of homes.

A number of potential radon exposure pathways, including the presence of radon in homes, were considered in the recent report by Public Health England into the potential public health consequences of exposure to chemical and radioactive pollutants as a result of shale gas extraction.

The report is available at the following address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shale-gas-extraction-review-of-the-potential-public-health-impacts-of-exposures-to-chemical-and-radioactive-pollutants