Question follow-through · 108761

Air Pollution: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of air pollution on different groups by ethnicity.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of air pollution on different groups by ethnicity.

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    While air pollution impacts many people’s health, the department recognises that these impacts are not felt equally. This is an issue that Defra takes seriously, which is why the Government commissioned the independent Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) to e...

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