To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2023 to Question 183644 on Air Pollution: Greater London, whether the estimates of the fraction of mortality are attributable to (a) anthropogenic particulate air pollution or (b) total concentrations of particulate matter.
Answered on
26 May 2023
The UK Health Security Agency publishes estimates of the fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution in local authorities and regions annually, as an indicator within the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) for England, this is available at the following link:
The fractions of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution in Greater London for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 stated in PQ185732 are based on the PHOF Indicator D01. The calculation of the DO1 indicator uses concentrations of total PM2.5 for estimating the mortality burden attributable to particulate air pollution.