HC Deb 19 June 1992 vol 209 c693W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what air quality tests have been carried out in the county of Durham since 1987; and if he will publish the results.

Mr. Maclean

Airborne concentrations of smoke and sulphur dioxide and acid deposition have been measured at Government monitoring sites in the county since 1987—and for some years before. A survey of nitrogen dioxide concentrations was undertaken last year as part of our national study to compare results of an earlier survey in 1986. All the monitoring results have been published in reports by Warren Spring laboratory and copies have been placed in the Library.