Question reference: S5W-04906
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 21 November 2016
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on offering air quality monitors to all schools in order to encourage modal change and identify pollution hot spots.
Answer
We have no specific plans to offer air quality monitors to all schools. However the Learn About Air education package which is operated by SEPA includes amongst its resources ten mobile air quality sensors which are loaned to schools. The sensors are sited to provide information about air pollution levels during drop off and pick up times, illustrating the impacts of parked and idling vehicles outside schools.
Further information on Learn About Air can be found at www.Learnaboutair.com