Our ref: MGLA260719-8697 Date: 22 August 2018 Dear Thank you for your request for information which the GLA received on 26 June 2019. Your request has been dealt with under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004. Our response to your request is as follows: 1. Please provide the precise number and list of locations/names of primary and secondary schools in London where air pollution breaches legal limit, according to your most recent data (I believe the same metric has been used across the years, of annual mean limit of 40ug/m3 NO2, but please clarify). If you are able to provide more recent data without breaching the s12 time limit please do. If not, please provide underlying data from May 2018 (see below). Please provide as a spreadsheet with school name, pollution level, and any location information such as borough. This data is available on the London datastore. The most recent available data is from the London Atmospheric Emission Inventory (LAEI) 2016 and was published in April 2019. The data used for the 2018 report is LAEI 2013. Please find attached a list and a summary of all Educational Establishments in London and NO2 levels based on both the LAEI 2013 update and LAEI 2016. The list has been taken from the register of educational establishments in England and Wales, maintained by the Department for Education, and provides information on establishments providing compulsory, higher and further education. It was downloaded on 21/03/2019, just before the release of the LAEI 2016. The attached spreadsheet has recently been published as part of the LAEI 2016 stats on Datastore here. It can be filtered by “Phase of Education” and “NO2 Average” in order to obtain the number of schools breaching legal limit. These figures show that state Primary Schools over the NO2 limit (40ug/m3) go from 371 in the LAEI 2013 update to 369 in 2016, and state Secondary Schools from 81 in 2013 to 86 in 2016. 2. Please list the schools with “dangerously high” levels and explain metrics for this (language taken from 2018 report quoted above). In this report “dangerously high” is used to refer to levels of nitrogen dioxide above the legal limit of 40 µgm-3. This limit is informed by the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines for the protection of human health, more information about these guidelines is available here: https://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/outdoorair_aqg/en/. The schools are listed in the attached spreadsheet. 3. All email communication with Lambeth council regarding broken Brixton Road air quality monitoring station, from 1st Jan 2018 to today (26th July 2019). Please see emails attached. If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, quoting the reference at the top of this letter. Yours sincerely Senior Policy & Programme Officer - Air Quality If you are unhappy with the way the GLA has handled your request, you may complain using the GLA’s FOI complaints and internal review procedure, available at: https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/governance-and-spending/sharing-our- information/freedom-information From: < lambeth.gov.uk> Sent: 24 December 2018 14:53 To: Cc: Andrew; Subject: RE: Brixton Road monitoring station Hi I’m really sorry the Brixton Road AQ station still isn’t working. Lambeth takes this very seriously and I’ve cc’d into this email who works in Cllr Holland’s office, Cabinet Member for Environment and Clean Air, and my line manager Andrew Burton, Assistant Director for Highways, Capital Projects and Sustainability. We’ve been doing all we can to get the AQ station up and running, but unfortunately this won’t happen for the beginning of January. We are currently at the stage whereby we need UKPN to disconnect the power supply. Once this has been done, ET will visit to fit the new station, and afterwards UKPN will then need to reconnect power. We’ve been let down by suppliers several times. Cllr Holland has already written to the chief executive of UKPN asking that this is made a priority. has been doing all he can to get this fixed and has arranged with ET to reserve time ready to fit the new station as soon as possible. We’d welcome any help from the Mayor, including writing to the chief executives for UKPN and ET asking that this work is made a priority. We will be releasing a press statement regarding this and I’ve cc’d from our Press Office in case the GLA wants to be part of this? Kind regards Sustainability and Road Safety Manager Neighbourhoods and Growth London Borough of Lambeth Phone: Mobile: Email: lambeth.gov.uk Website: www.lambeth.gov.uk Lambeth- a cooperative council From: [mailto: london.gov.uk] Sent: 24 December 2018 14:22 To: < lambeth.gov.uk> Cc: < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk> Subject: RE: Brixton Road monitoring station Just to give you the heads up – the Mayor’s Office will be contacting Lib Peck too. Thanks GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY From: Sent: 24 December 2018 14:21 To: ' < lambeth.gov.uk> Cc: < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk> Subject: RE: Brixton Road monitoring station Hi 1 I tried to call today. I’m told the monitoring station at Brixton is still out of action and we are very concerned this will not be available from start of 2019. As you know this is a sensitive site as it was the first to breach legal hourly limits in 2018 and we need to continue to evaluate this location very closely. No monitoring station will attract a lot of criticism. Please can you provide an update as soon as possible? Thanks, GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY | From: < lambeth.gov.uk> Sent: 13 November 2018 09:15 To: < london.gov.uk> Cc: < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk> Subject: RE: Brixton Road monitoring station Hi We’ve now been told provisionally 4 December. I’m really sorry this is taking so long; we are really furious with the suppliers and have been chasing them lots. We are demanding this is resolved as soon as possible. The station flooded in August. Kind regards Sustainability and Road Safety Manager Neighbourhoods and Growth London Borough of Lambeth Phone: Mobile: Email: lambeth.gov.uk Website: www.lambeth.gov.uk Lambeth- a cooperative council From: [mailto: london.gov.uk] Sent: 13 November 2018 08:17 To: < lambeth.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk> Cc: < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk> Subject: RE: Brixton Road monitoring station Hi and is on leave this week. Did you provide her with a date when the monitoring station will reopen? This is a pretty big priority for us given the heightened scrutiny now we’ve introduced the LEBZ and it’s a bit concerning it’s been out of commission since August (although I do appreciate suppliers can be a nightmare). Also when was this heavy rain fall in case we’re asked? Thanks From: Sent: 07 November 2018 14:48 To: < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk> Subject: FW: Brixton Road monitoring station FYI From: < lambeth.gov.uk> Sent: 07 November 2018 14:46 To: < london.gov.uk> 2 Cc: < lambeth.gov.uk> Subject: RE: Brixton Road monitoring station Hi Unfortunately during heavy rain the station flooded and all the equipment was damaged. The equipment was taken to the workshop by ET and has been repaired. We also ordered a new (waterproof!) enclosure, which has taken ages to arrive. But the supplier has told us the enclosure should arrive sometime this week and then the station will be up-and-running again. I’ve cc’d into this email who is the Sustainability Officer for the area. please let know when you have a confirmed date the station will re-open. Thank you. Kind regards Sustainability and Road Safety Manager Neighbourhoods and Growth London Borough of Lambeth Phone: Mobile: Email: lambeth.gov.uk Website: www.lambeth.gov.uk Lambeth- a cooperative council From: [mailto: london.gov.uk] Sent: 07 November 2018 14:20 To: < lambeth.gov.uk> Subject: Brixton Road monitoring station Hi It appears the Brixton Road monitoring station hasn’t been reporting data since August. Do you know why and when it will be up and running again? Happy to have a call to discuss if that’s easier. Kind Regards, Senior and Project Officer (Air Quality) GREATERLONDONAUTHORITY | MAYOR OF LONDON City Hall, The Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA Email: london.gov.uk | Web: www.london.gov.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7983 | Mobile: +44 #LondonIsOpen 3 From: < lambeth.gov.uk> Sent: 23 January 2019 14:14 To: Cc: Subject: RE: UKPN street works permit for Brixton Monitoring station - Sunday 27th Jan Importance: High Hi Thank you very much for your help with this. The last update we’ve had from UKPN is the email I forwarded below yesterday. Sorry to ask more questions, but what exactly is it that TfL wants UKPN to do? Does TfL think that it is possible for the work to be carried out on Sunday? Kind regards Sustainability and Road Safety Manager Neighbourhoods and Growth London Borough of Lambeth Phone: Mobile: Email: lambeth.gov.uk Website: www.lambeth.gov.uk Lambeth- a cooperative council From: [mailto: london.gov.uk] Sent: 23 January 2019 13:13 To: < lambeth.gov.uk> Cc: < lambeth.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk>; < lambeth.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk>; < london.gov.uk> Subject: RE: UKPN street works permit for Brixton Monitoring station ‐ Sunday 27th Jan Hi We’ve escalated at TfL.