§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the days on which in the last five years, the air quality in Leeds city centre was classified as severely polluted. [152018]
§ Mr. HillThe dates when levels of air pollution were recorded as high or very high at the Leeds city centre monitoring station are as follows.
1996
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- 16 January
- 28 February
- 11 March
- 15 March
- 16 March
- 17 March
- 18 March
- 19 March
- 21 March
- 22 March
1997
- 14 January
- 15 January
- 16 January
- 26 January
- 27 January
- 30 January
- 11 March
- 12 March
- 11 April
- 12 April
- 15 April
- 16 April
- 17 April
- 18 April
- 10 July1
- 11 July1
- 19 August1
- 29 October
- 30 October
- 31 October
- 6 November
1998
- 18 November
1999
- 1 August2
- 12 August1
2000
- Nil days
Note:
Particles (PM10) were responsible for the majority of days when levels were high or very high, apart from dates indicated 1 when sulphur dioxide levels were high and 2 when ozone levels were high.