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Noise: Pollution

Asked by Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 77606

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the report by the European Environmental Agency Report entitled Environmental noise in Europe 2025, published on 23 June 2025.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Since leaving the EU, UK Governments have continued to undertake the noise mapping functions summarised for EU countries in this report. This is required by the Environmental Noise Regulations individually enacted into law by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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