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Air Pollution

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 128595, tabled on 20 January 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 13 in the Chief Medical Officer’s 2022 annual report on air quality, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to clarify the ownership of indoor air quality policy.

Answered on

25 January 2023

There have been no discussions about changes to Departmental responsibility in this area. There is no single Departmental policy lead for indoor air quality. There is ongoing collaborative work across Government on both outdoor and indoor air quality.

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