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[email protected] Rutland web: www.rutland.gov.uk LE15 6HP DX: 28340 Oakham 08 August 2017 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – 921/17 Dear Sir/Madam Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is provided below. Request: 1. Please provide your authority’s air quality data for 2014/2015/2016 as supplied by the laboratory that analysed the figures. Answer: Please find attached three pdf documents containing our nitrogen dioxide ambient air quality monitoring results as provided by the laboratory for 2014, 2015 and 2016. 2. Please provide the air quality data that your authority supplied to DEFRA in 2014/2015/2016. Answer: Please find attached ‘reports’ containing air quality data supplied to Defra in 2014/2015/2016. 3. Please provide the number of air collection tubes that were declared void – and the reasons for that – in 2014/2015/2016. Answer: We monitor for nitrogen dioxide using diffusion tubes. The numbers of tubes that are declared void and reasons are as follows: 2014 2, 1 tube was taken without consent, one tube was not exposed 2015 2, both tubes were taken without consent 2016 Nil You are free to use any documents supplied for your own use, including for non- commercial research purposes. The documents may also be used for news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the documents or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner, where copyright exists.