§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support or promotion his Department is giving to installing public displays of traffic pollution levels in streets. [40915]
§ Mr. ClappisonI have been asked to reply.
My Department makes information available to the public from its automatic air quality monitoring sites, which in city centres are mainly influenced by road traffic emissions. Daily information is provided on air pollution in both urban and rural areas across the United Kingdom via a Freephone helpline, Ceefax, Teletext, the Internet and a variety of other news media. Bulletins include information on levels of nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and ozone together with a forecast for the following day. The information is available to local authorities and it is for them to decide what use should be made of it in their local circumstances.