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Introduction

Air Quality Strategy 2007Defra works to control and manage air quality across the UK. The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the latest Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy’s objectives.

Latest

3 March 2009: Publication of the Air Quality Expert Group’s report Ozone in the United Kingdom (PDF 3.5 MB)

19 February 2009: Local Air Quality Management Guidance now available

27 January 2009: Consultation on the draft UK notification to the European Commission to secure additional time to meet the limit values for particulate matter for certain zones/agglomerations in accordance with the Council Directive 2008/50/EC on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe.

5 August 2008: Consultation on UK report regarding plans and programmes to meet EU air quality limit values (reporting year 2006)

4 July 2008: Consultation on draft local air quality management guidance.

See also

  • National Air Quality Information Archive - provides up-to-date information on air quality. Find out what air pollution is like near you and for a forecast of what it will be like over the next 24 hours. Also see the national archive of air quality information and reports giving detailed air quality monitoring data and statistics.
  • National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory - giving estimates of emissions to the atmosphere from UK sources such as cars, trucks, power stations and industrial plants.
  • Ozone monitoring and science (on Air Quality Archive website)

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