Question follow-through · 14014
Air Pollution: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual economic cost of air pollution to the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual economic cost of air pollution to the UK.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
Reducing air pollution brings real economic gains through increased productivity and reduced costs. Air pollution economic costs are assessed for all government policies in accordance with HM Treasury's Green Book (More information can be found at: Assess...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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