Heavy Traffic (Health Problems)

HC Deb 21 June 1996 vol 279 cc632-3W

Mr. Pearson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Enviroment what estimate has been made of the number of people suffering health problems caused by heavy traffic near their homes by(a) metropolitan district, (b) county council and (c) London borough. [33342]

Mr. Clappison

The scientific and technical basis for making such specific estimates is not available. However, the independent Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution and the Advisory Group on Medical Aspects of Air Pollution Episodes, which advise the Governent on such matters, have published several reports on the impact on public health of emissions from road traffic and other sources in the United Kingdom as a whole.

Copies of the reports have been placed in the Library of the House.