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Summary AQMA data
A summary of AQMAs is shown below.
Current AQMAs by Pollutant
| Pollutant |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
N. Ireland |
London |
| Benzene |
|
|
|
|
|
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
503 |
37 |
25 |
20 |
33 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
33 |
1 |
21 |
7 |
29 |
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
7 |
|
1 |
|
|
Note this table does not provide a total count for the number of AQMAs declared. It is a count of the number of AQMAs declared for each pollutant.
For example where an AQMA has been declared for both NO2 and PM10 it will have two entries in the above table.
Current AQMAs by Pollutant and Objective Declared
| Pollutant |
Objective Declared |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
N. Ireland |
London |
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
1-Hour and Annual Mean |
24 |
2 |
|
|
8 |
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
1-Hour Mean |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
Annual Mean |
478 |
35 |
23 |
19 |
25 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
24-Hour Mean |
27 |
1 |
|
1 |
22 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
Annual and 24-Hour Mean |
4 |
|
1 |
6 |
7 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
Annual Mean |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
Scotland Annual and 24-Hour Mean |
|
|
4 |
|
|
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
Scotland Annual Mean |
|
|
16 |
|
|
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
15-Minute and 1-Hour and 24-Hour Mean |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
15-Minute Mean |
5 |
|
1 |
|
|
Revoked AQMAs by Pollutant
| Pollutant |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
N. Ireland |
London |
| Benzene |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
116 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
16 |
|
1 |
10 |
2 |
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
8 |
|
|
1 |
|
Revoked AQMAs by Pollutant and Objective Declared
| Pollutant |
Objective Declared |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
N. Ireland |
London |
| Benzene |
Annual Mean 2010 England and Wales |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
1-hour and Annual Mean |
4 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
1-Hour Mean |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Nitrogen dioxide NO2 |
Annual Mean |
112 |
3 |
|
7 |
4 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
24-Hour Mean |
14 |
|
|
10 |
2 |
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
Annual and 24-Hour Mean |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Particulate Matter PM10 |
Scotland Annual Mean |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
15-Minute and 1-Hour and 24-Hour Mean |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
15-Minute and 24-Hour Mean |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Sulphur dioxide SO2 |
15-Minute Mean |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
Current AQMAs by Source
For England
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
191 |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
174 |
| Mixture of road types |
81 |
| Highways Agency Road |
51 |
| Transport and Industrial Source |
10 |
| Industrial Source |
9 |
| Transport, Industrial and domestic sources |
2 |
| Domestic Heating |
2 |
| Not Defined |
2 |
| Railways |
1 |
For Wales
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
19 |
| Road transport unspecified |
12 |
| Mixture of road types |
5 |
| Highways Agency Road |
1 |
| Industrial Source |
1 |
For Scotland
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
24 |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
5 |
| Mixture of road types |
3 |
| Not Defined |
1 |
| Transport and Industrial Source |
1 |
| Industrial Source |
1 |
For N. Ireland
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
19 |
| Domestic Heating |
5 |
| Not Defined |
2 |
For London
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
26 |
| Transport and Industrial Source |
4 |
| Mixture of road types |
2 |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
1 |
Revoked AQMAs by Source
For England
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
68 |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
35 |
| Mixture of road types |
13 |
| Industrial Source |
10 |
| Transport and Industrial Source |
4 |
| Highways Agency Road |
3 |
| Not Defined |
1 |
| Domestic Heating |
1 |
For Wales
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
3 |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
1 |
For Scotland
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Domestic Heating |
1 |
| County or Unitary Authority Road |
1 |
For N. Ireland
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
7 |
| Domestic Heating |
6 |
For London
| Source |
No of Current AQMAs by Source |
| Road transport unspecified |
5 |
