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Wood-burning Stoves: Smoke Control Areas

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 5456, tabled on 6 December 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 102530 on Wood-burning Stoves: Smoke Control Areas, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s work to build consumer understanding of the (a) Ecodesign and (b) other requirements for the use of wood burning appliances in Smoke Control Areas.

Answered on

15 December 2023

Our Burn Better campaign focuses on the best use of open fires and wood burning stoves and raises awareness of the rules in smoke control areas. The campaign is evaluated annually.