Question follow-through · 42654

Air Pollution: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of air pollution on children’s health.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of air pollution on children’s health.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Children can be susceptible to the health effects from long and short-term exposure to air pollution. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants published advice on susceptibility to air pollution in March 2025. They concluded that, based on t...

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