§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his written answer of 5 March 2001,Official Report, column 53W, on air pollution in Leeds, if he will give comparable information for other monitoring stations located in the Leeds, Central constituency. [153232]
§ Mr. HillDETR has one monitoring station within the Leeds, Central constituency and data have been reported in the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions' written answer of 5 March 2001,Official Report, column 53W. The dates when levels of air pollution were recorded as High or Very High at the monitoring stations in the Leeds, Central constituency and operated by the city council are as follows:
New Market St. (Corn Exchange)—permanent location from 23 September 1997 measuring carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and particles (PM10):
1997
- 29 October
- 30 October
- 31 October
- 6 November
- 13 November
- 1 December
- 2 December
1998
- 7 November
- 17 November
- 18 November
- 19 November
- 1 December
- 7 December
- 8 December
1999
- Nil days
2000
- Nil days
'Mobile sites', measuring sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particles (PM10) have been deployed as follows:
1999
- Cross Green—30 April to 6 October—12 August
- York Road sitel—20 April to 7 July—nil days
2000
- Elland Road—13 January to 27 April—nil days
- Shannon Street—27 April to 1 August—nil days
- York Road site2–3 August to 12 January 2001—nil days
Note:
With the exception of high sulphur dioxide at Cross Green on 12 August 1999, all other days reported were attributable to particles (PM10).