Question follow-through · 43351

Domestic Waste: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 32576 on Fires: Air Pollution, whether the UK Health Security Agency and its predecessor has made an assessment of the impact of air pollution cau

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 32576 on Fires: Air Pollution, whether the UK Health Security Agency and its predecessor has made an assessment of the impact of air pollution cau

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), formerly Public Health England, has published systematic reviews of the epidemiological studies on the health impacts associated with outdoor and indoor exposure to solid fuel burning. This included biomass and coal,...

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