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AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT

dioxide and ozone). Those which are limit values required by EU Daughter Directives on Air
Quality have been transposed into UK law through the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010
which came into force on 11th June 2010. Table 2 provides the UK Air Quality Objectives for
NO2 and PM.

Table 2: UK Air Quality Objectives for Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter
Pollutant Objective Concentration Obligation
measured as
3
Particles (PM10) 50μg/m not to be exceeded 24 hour mean All local authorities
more than 35 times a year
50μg/m not to be exceeded 24 hour mean Scotland only
3
more than 7 times a year
40μg/m Annual mean All local authorities
3
10μg/m Annual mean Scotland only
3
3
Particles (PM2.5) 25μg/m Annual Mean England only
(encouraged in Wales)
3
10μg/m Annual Mean Scotland only
3
Nitrogen Dioxide 200μg/m not to be exceeded 1 hour mean All local authorities
(NO2) more than 18 times a year
40μg/m Annual mean All local authorities
3

2.5 Objectives for PM2.5 were also introduced by the UK Government and the Devolved
Administrations in 2007. However, these are not included in Regulations as the Air Quality

Strategy has adopted an “exposure reduction” approach for PM2.5 in order to seek a more
efficient way of achieving further reductions in the health effects of air pollution by providing a
driver to improve air quality everywhere in the UK rather than just in a small number of
localised hotspot areas. As such, this assessment has not considered the impact on
emissions of PM2.5.

Clean Air Strategy

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2.6 The Clean Air Strategy was published in January 2019 and sets out the comprehensive
action that is required from across all parts of government and society to tackle all sources of
air pollution. New legislation will create a stronger and more coherent framework for action

to tackle air pollution. This will be underpinned by new England-wide powers to control major
sources of air pollution, in line with the risk they pose to public health and the environment,

4 Clean Air Strategy 2019, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, January 2019
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