Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish guidance on potential health risks of indoor log burners in homes.

We have no specific plans to do so. In 2020, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidance suggesting that the use of wood burners in the home may lead to poor air quality and that residents should consider increasing ventilation to avoid indoor accumulation of particulate matter.