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Air quality
Defra works to control and manage
air quality across the UK. The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the latest Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy’s objectives.
Latest
9 November 2009 - Consultation: On the transposition of Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
3 June 2009: Addendum to Guidelines for Halogens and Hydrogen Halides in Ambient Air (PDF 637 KB). Guidelines for Metals and Metalloids in Ambient Air for the Protection of Human Health (PDF 2.1 MB)
29 April 2009: The UK Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (UK PRTR) web pages are now available. These web pages will hold pollutant release data from a wide range of industrial installations across the UK, including refineries, power stations and less polluting activities that are regulated by local authorities. The UK PRTR will continue to see updates to data as more information becomes available. This may mean amendments to data as a verification exercise is still ongoing.
3 March 2009: Publication of the Air Quality Expert Group's report Ozone in the United Kingdom (PDF 3.5 MB)
19 February 2009: Local Air Quality Management Guidance now available
Page last modified: 9 November 2009