Question follow-through · 41412

Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether concentrations of nitrogen dioxide are allowed to exceed the annual mean limit value once achieved throughout a zone or agglomeration.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 26 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 28 Mar 2025
Answer: 1 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether concentrations of nitrogen dioxide are allowed to exceed the annual mean limit value once achieved throughout a zone or agglomeration.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
Under the Air Quality Standards Regulations (2010), there is a requirement to meet annual mean limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) of 40μg/m3. This is an ongoing requirement and does not expire once the limit value has been met in a single reporting y...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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