§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the reasons for the air pollution alert issued on 30 December 1992; and how many callers took advantage of the departmental 0800-freephone public information line.
§ Mr. MacleanPoor air quality was reported in bulletins on 30 December 1992 for London on the basis of nitrogen dioxide levels, derived from vehicle exhaust emissions and for Belfast and Sunderland on the basis of sulphur dioxide levels derived from domestic coal burning. Cold, still weather conditions hampered disperal of the pollutants.
The number of calls registered on the FREEphone number was 191 on 30 December. This increased to 330 on 31 December.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assistance has been afforded to project Silesia in Poland to mitigate air pollution from industry under(a) the PHARE scheme and (b) European bank for reconstruction and development programmes.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have been asked to reply. Assistance to the environmental sector in Poland under the PHARE programme includes a regional programme in upper Silesia (around £12 million) which encompasses a project on abatement of low-level air pollution emission
Authority Receipts of 1991–91 charges in 1990–91 as a percentage of budgeted yield Receipts of 1991–92 charges in 1991–92 as a percentage of budgeted yield 1 Receipts of 1992–93 charges in 1992–93 as a percentage of budgeted yield Basildon 90.6 86.7 44.5 Braintree 101.6 89.5 48.3 Brentwood 97.3 102.2 65.0 Castle Point 83.0 96.5 52.0 Chelmsford 96.6 93.1 55.8 Colchester 87.0 90.7 45.8 Epping Forest 89.8 95.5 53.2 Harlow 90.0 80.6 40.0 Maldon 104.7 101.9 55.3 Rochford 102.0 102.3 54.8 Southend-on-Sea 90.0 92.2 53.4 Tendring 91.5 94.3 59.7 Thurrock 97.1 82.1 50.1 Uttlesford 89.8 89.9 44.9 Total for Essex 93.2 91.4 51.1 1 Figures for April-September 1992 only.