Question follow-through · 82632

Acid Rain

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of acid rain.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of acid rain.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The most recent assessment of the trends in acid deposition was published in the Air Pollution Trends Report 2024.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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