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Pollution

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the concentration was of (a) nitrogen dioxide, (b) sulphur dioxide and (c) benzene in each (i) London borough and (ii) London ward in each of the last five years. [156666]

Alun Michael: The United Kingdom Automatic Urban and Rural Air Quality Monitoring Network currently has 22 sites in the Greater London area. Annual mean concentrations of each pollutant for each

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year between 1999 and 2003 for the London boroughs and London wards are given in tables 1, 2 and 3, for nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and benzene, respectively.

There are a total of 33 boroughs and 785 wards (1991 ward data) in London. For nitrogen dioxide there are currently 16 London boroughs and 19 London wards that have monitoring in the national network. For sulphur dioxide there are currently 10 London boroughs and 13 London wards that have monitoring in the national network. For benzene there are currently four London boroughs and four London wards that have monitoring in the national network. Data from different sites are not necessarily directly comparable due to the different locations of the sites, for example, kerbside, roadside, background and suburban. The data for all the sites within the United Kingdom Automatic Urban and Rural Air Quality Monitoring Network are available from the National Air Quality Information Archive (www.airquality.co.uk).

In addition, a number of London boroughs carry out independent monitoring which is within the London Air Quality Network. Thirty-one boroughs have nitrogen dioxide monitoring, 26 boroughs have sulphur dioxide monitoring and one borough monitors benzene.

Table 1: Annual mean nitrogen dioxide concentrations at each site in the Automatic Urban and Rural Air Quality Monitoring Network in Greater London in 1999–2003

			Highest annual mean nitrogen dioxideconcentration (micrograms per metrecubed)
Sites	London borough	Ward	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
West London	Kensington and Chelsea	Abingdon Ward	55	53	52	46	55
Camden Kerbside	Camden	Adelaide Ward	66	63	66	66	65
London Marylebone Road	City of Westminster	Baker Street Ward	91	93	84	81	107
London Bromley	Bromley	Bickley Ward	65	63	61	41	42
London Bloomsbury	Camden	Bloomsbury Ward	67	59	51	—	—
Hounslow Roadside	Hounslow	Brentford Clifden Ward	60	52	54	58	—
London Cromwell Road 2	Kensington and Chelsea	Brompton Ward	93	88	76	72	76
London Southwark	Southwark	Browning Ward	56	52	55	47	—
Haringey Roadside	Haringey	Bruce Grove Ward	51	51	48	46	53
London Sutton	Sutton	Carshalton Central Ward	34	32	35	—	—
Southwark Roadside	Southwark	Consort Ward	—	63	65	58	67
London Hackney	Hackney	Eastdown Ward	60	51	48	47	50
London Eltham	Greenwich	Eltham Park Ward	36	33	34	30	38
London Wandsworth	Wandsworth	Fairfield Ward	51	49	53	52	62
Tower Hamlets Roadside	Tower Hamlets	Holy Trinity Ward	70	65	69	61	67
London Bexley	Bexley	North End Ward	37	35	36	31	37
London Lewisham	Lewisham	Rushey Green Ward	54	—	—	50	58
London North Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	St. Charles Ward	46	40	42	40	45
London Brent	Brent	St. Raphael's Ward	37	36	37	29	32
Sutton Roadside	Sutton	Sutton Central Ward	43	40	44	—	—
London Teddington	Richmond upon Thames	Teddington Ward	32	28	29	25	28
London A3 Roadside	Kingston Upon Thames	Tolworth South Ward	59	55	54	58	73
London Bridge Place, London Westminster	City of Westminster	Victoria Ward	63	—	—	43	52
London Hillingdon	Hillingdon	Yiewsley Ward	—	48	46	45	54

Table 2: Annual mean sulphur dioxide concentrations at each site in the Automatic Urban and Rural Air Quality Monitoring Network in Greater London in 1999–2003

				Highest annual mean sulphur dioxideconcentration (micrograms per metrecubed)
Sites	London borough	Ward	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
London Marylebone Road	City of Westminster	Baker Street Ward	13	15	12	10	12
London Bloomsbury	Camden	Bloomsbury Ward	13	11	11	7	8
London Cromwell Road 2	Kensington and Chelsea	Brompton Ward	12	8	7	7	6
London Southwark	Southwark	Browning Ward	8	8	9	6	8
Southwark Roadside	Southwark	Consort Ward	10	5	7	5	6
London Eltham	Greenwich	Eltham Park Ward	5	6	6	4	5
London Bexley	Bexley	North End Ward	7	7	7	8	10
London Lewisham	Lewisham	Rushey Green Ward	8	—	—	4	6
London North Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	St. Charles Ward	6	6	6	4	5
London Brent	Brent	St. Raphael's Ward	4	4	4	3	4
Sutton Roadside	Sutton	Sutton Central Ward	8	9	9	—	—
London Teddington	Richmond upon Thames	Teddington Ward	6	5	5	4	5
London Bridge Place, London Westminster	City of Westminster	Victoria Ward	7	—	—	4	9
London Hillingdon	Hillingdon	Yiewsley Ward	10	10	9	7	8

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Table 3: Annual mean benzene concentrations at each site in the Automatic Urban and Rural Air Quality Monitoring Network in Greater London in 1999–2003

				Highest annual mean benzeneconcentration (micrograms per metrecubed)
Sites	London borough	Ward	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
London Marylebone Road	City of Westminster	Baker Street Ward	10.8	6.3	4.5	3.9	3.1
London UCL, London Bloomsbury (pumped tube data)(5)	Camden	Bloomsbury Ward	3.6	2.1	—	—	1.9
London Eltham	Greenwich	Eltham Park Ward	2.5	1.6	—	—	—
Haringey Roadside (pumped tube data)(5)	Haringey	Bruce Grove Ward	—	—	—	—	3.0

⁽⁵⁾ Pumped tube data are collected using a non-automatic technique.

Fisheries

Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to regulate public fisheries. [156859]

Mr Bradshaw [holding answer 27 February 2004]: Fisheries are managed on at a European level under the Common Fisheries Policy, nationally under UK legislation, and within six miles by Sea Fisheries Committees or the Environment Agency.

There are two major reviews being carried out which could impact on the management of public fisheries; the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit's Review of the UK Fishing Industry and the Defra Review of Marine Fisheries and Environmental Enforcement which is looking specifically at the organisation of enforcement. These Reviews are due to report in the near future and it is possible that their recommendations will lead to changes in current regulations.

Publicity Campaigns

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) advertising and (ii) information campaigns in each year since its creation; what her estimate is for 2003–04; and if she will make a statement. [149723]

Alun Michael: The Department does not maintain separate records of its expenditure for advertising and information campaigns. The expenditure for publicity by Defra's Communications Directorate, includes marketing, advertising, publications, events, shows and direct mailings, and is recorded for the financial years since Defra's creation in June 2001 as follows.

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	£ million
2001–02	6.6
2002–03	4.7
2003–04	(6)3.7

⁽⁶⁾ estimate

This includes communications on a wide range of matters, much of it necessary or beneficial to the public and the wide range of industries in which Defra has an interest, together with local government, voluntary organisations and other bodies.

Information relating to agencies and non-departmental bodies sponsored by the Department is not held centrally and could be gathered only at disproportionate cost.

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