HC Deb 30 November 1993 vol 233 cc500-1W
Ms Glenda Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many air monitoring units there are in(a) the Greater London area and (b) north and north-west London.

Mr. Yeo

The number of the Department of the Environment's air quality monitoring sites in both Greater London and north and north-west London are given in the table.

Site type Greater London North and north-west London
Automatic Samplers 6 5
Smoke/SO2 Network1 15 11
NO2 Diffusion Tubes1 17 14
Toxic Organic Micro Pollutants 1 1
Multi-Element and Lead 3 3
Total 42 34
1Monitoring undertaken in collaboration with local authorities.

Ms Glenda Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment where the air monitoring units for north London are sited.

Mr. Yeo

The location of my Department's air quality monitoring sites in north London are given in the table.

Site type Location
Continuous:
Enhanced Urban Site Camden (Bloomsbury)
Hydrocarbon Site Camden (University College)
NOx, O2 CO, SO2 Westminster (Victoria)
NOx, CO Kensington and Chelsea; Earls Court
NOx, CO, SO2 Kensington and Chelsea; Cromwell Road
Smoke/SO21 Ealing (2)
Enfield
Hackney
Harrow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
London (City)
Redbridge
Tower Hamlets
Westminster
NO2Diffusion Tubes1 Barking
Barnet
Brent
Camden
Ealing
Enfield
Hackney
Havering
Hillingdon
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
London (City)
Waltham: Forest
Westminster
Toxic Organic Micropollutants Westminster
Multi-Element and Lead Brent
Kensington and Chelsea
Westminster
1Monitoring undertaken in collaboration with local authorities.