To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by county area how many tonnes of (a) sulphur dioxide, (b) nitrogen oxides and (c) particulate carbon were discharged into the atmosphere in England during the latest year for which figures are available.
No figures are available on a county basis of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides or particulate carbon emissions for the United Kingdom. However, emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in tonnes have been compiled on a much finer spatial scale, 20km by 20km, for England, Wales and Scotland. These maps for 1987 were published by the review group on acid rain and the photochemical oxidants review group, respectively, in October 1990. Copies of these reports have been deposited in the Library of the House.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps have been taken to keep up to date his departmental helpline on atmospheric pollution.
I refer to the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Dr. Thomas) on 8 May, Official Report, column 495.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total number of air pollution monitoring sites for each of (a) ozone, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) nitrogen oxides, (d) acid deposition, (e) atmospheric hydrocarbon, (f) trace germs, (g) smoke and sulphur dioxide and (h) lead in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) each of the other European Community countries.
The Department of the Environment is currently operating the following number of air pollution monitoring sites:
| Number | |
| Ozone | 18 |
| Carbon monoxide | 6 |
| Nitrogen | 12 |
| Acid deposition | 32 |
| Atmospheric hydrocarbons | 4 |
| Trace gases | 3 |
| Smoke and sulphur dioxide | 258 |
| Lead | 17 |