Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page five of the Public Health England position statement on The Impact on Health of Emissions to Air from Municipal Waste Incinerators, what information he holds on the development of work in that area.

I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given on 26 June 2019 to PQ 266068, which details PHE’s research in this area. PHE undertakes various air quality research projects, working with academic partners, to review the evidence for the health effects of air pollutants, regarding the health effects of particulate matter (PM0.1 and PM1).

PHE is a partner in two health protection research units funded by the National Institute for Health Research, whose remit includes air pollution research. These projects can be viewed at the following link: http://www.hpru-ech.nihr.ac.uk/

PHE also draws on scientific studies and reviews published in the peer reviewed literature and by authoritative bodies.