HC Deb 13 January 1995 vol 252 c214W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the sites for recording air pollution in Staffordshire.

Mr. Atkins

The Department of the Environment, in co-operation with local authorities, operates two national monitoring networks measuring the levels of smoke and sulphur dioxide, on a daily basis, and the levels of nitrogen dioxide using passive diffusion tube samplers.

The monitoring sites in Staffordshire are as follows:

  • (a) smoke and sulphur dioxide
  • Cannock, Rugeley, Burton upon Trent, Biddulph, Cheadle and Stoke on Trent.
  • (b) nitrogen dioxide
  • Burton upon Trent, Codsall, Leek, Stafford and Tamworth.

There are four diffusion tube sites in each area.

Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what pollutants are included in the collection of air samples at his Department's monitoring stations.

Mr. Atkins

I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 20 December 1994 to the hon. Member for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien),Official Report, columns 1108–9.