§ Dr. David ClarkTo .ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the days on which the air quality on Tyneside was classified as severely polluted in the last five years. [153080]
§ Mr. HillThe national automatic monitoring station in Newcastle on Tyneside has been in operation since 1992. The dates when levels of air pollution were recorded as high or very high at the Newcastle City Centre monitoring station over the last five years are as listed.
- 1996
- 10 March
- 11 March
- 15 March
- 16 March
- 21 March
- 22 March
- 23 March
- 24 March
- 20 August
- 7 December
633W - 1997
- None
- 1998
- 13 May
- 1999
- None
- 2000
- None.
All these pollution episodes were attributable to levels of particles in the air, except for those on 20 August 1996 and 13 May 1998, when levels of sulphur dioxide were high.