Public documents in the Inquest touching upon the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

The Inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, of Lewisham, London, is taking place 30 November – 11 December at London Inner South Coroner’s Court.

Ella’s mother Rosamund is represented by Jocelyn Cockburn, Guy Mitchell and Megan Finnis of Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors.

In order to assist the press and those seeking to understand the issues in the Inquest, we have listed below the documents included in the Inquest bundle which are readily available online.

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Public Documents: 

Documents of LB Lewisham

• 2009 Fourth Round Updating and Screening Assessment for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2010 Air Quality Progress Report for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2011 Detailed Assessment for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2011 Air Quality Progress Report for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2012 Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2013 Air Quality Action Plan Progress Report for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2014 Air Quality Progress Report for London Borough of Lewisham

• 2015 London Borough of Lewisham Air Quality Annual Status Report

• 2018 London Borough of Lewisham Air Quality Annual Status Report

• May 2019 Air Quality Action Update

• Air Quality Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (Refresh) February 2018

• Lewisham Air Quality Action Plan January 2008

• Review and Assessment of Air Quality in the London Borough of Lewisham, Progress Report, April 2008.

• London Borough of Lewisham Air Quality Action Plan 2016 – 2021

• London Borough of Lewisham Draft Air Quality Action Plan 2016 – 2021

• London Borough of Lewisham Transport Strategy and Local Implementation Plan (LIP) 2019 – 2041

Documents of the Mayor of London / TfL

• Mayor’s Transport Strategy 2001, Highlights

• Mayor’s Transport Strategy 2010, Executive Summary

• Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy 2010, Executive Summary

• MD713 Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy

• Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy Progress Report – July 2013

• 2013 Aether report – Analysing Air Pollution Exposure in London

• MD1463 – ULEZ

• LLAQM policy guidance 2016

• MD1652 – LLAQM

• 2017 Aether report – Updated Analysis of Air Pollution Exposure in LondonPG85 – MD 2078

• Mayors’ Transport Strategy 2018

• 2019 Aether report – Air Pollution Exposure in London

• 2019 Aether report addendum – Air Pollution Exposure in London (Ethnicity and Exposure)

• ULEZ four month evaluation report

• ULEZ six month evaluation report

• LLAQM policy guidance 2019

• Local authorities and air quality report – Feb 2019

• Central London Ultra Low Emission Zone – Ten Month Report – April 2020

• Air Quality in London 2016-2020 – October 2020

• Revised Mayor’s Transport Strategy Integrated Impact Assessment: Report on the Assessment of the Proposal to Defer Low Emission Zone Phase 3 from 2010 to 2012’

• Travel in London – Report 3

Central Government Department Documents

• Quality of Urban Air Review Group: Diesel Vehicle Emissions and Urban Air Quality, 1993.

• Air Quality Expert Group: Nitrogen Dioxide in the United Kingdom, 2004

• Air Quality Expert Group: Trends in Primary Nitrogen Dioxide in the UK, 2007

• 2007 National Air Quality Strategy, Volume 1.

• 2007 National Air Quality Strategy, Volume 2

• 2011 National Air Quality Plan (overview document)

• 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations – Detailed plan

• 2019 Clean Air Strategy

• DfT, Vehicle Emissions Testing Programme, 2016 

• Policy Guidance for Local Air Quality Management, DEFRA, 2016

• Air Pollution in the UK reports

Parliamentary Publications

• House of Commons Library Briefing Paper: Local Government Air Quality Responsibilities

• House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, 2010, Air Quality, Fifth report of session 2009-10, Vol. 1;

• Government response to the Environment Audit Committee Report on Air Quality in the UK, Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs by Command of Her Majesty, Cm 7966;

• House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, 2011, Air Quality: A follow up report, Ninth report of session 2010-12, Volume 1;

• Government response to the Environment Audit Committee Report on Air Quality: A follow up report, 7 February 2012. HC1820;

• House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, 2014, Action on Air Quality, Sixth Report of Session 2014-15

• Improving air quality. The 4th Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Fourth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Third Report of the Health and Social Care Committee, and Second Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2017–19, HC 433.

• Government response to the Joint Committee Report, 2018, HC 1149.

• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ‘Oral evidence: Air Quality’, HC 468, 29 September 2020

Legislation and Regulations

• Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management (OJEC L 296, 21.11.1996, pp. 55–63) (“the Air Quality Framework Directive”).

• Council Directive 1999/30/EC of 22 April 1999 relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air (OJEC L163, 29.6.1999, pp. 41–60) (“the First Daughter Directive”).

• Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJEU L152, 11.6.2008, pp.1–44)  (“the Ambient Air Quality Directive”)

• The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2007 (S.I 2007/64) (“the 2007 Air Quality Regulations”)

• The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1001) (“the Air Quality Regulations”)

Case Law

• R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2013] UKSC 25 (“ClientEarth1 Supreme Court No.1”)

• R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2015] UKSC 28 (“ClientEarth1 Supreme Court No.2”)

• R (on the application of ClientEarth (No.2)) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2016] EWHC 2740 (Admin) (“ClientEarth2”)

• R(ClientEarth (no 3)) v SSEFRA [2018] EWHC 315 (Admin) (“ClientEarth3”)

• R(ClientEarth (no 3)) v SSEFRA [2018] EWHC 398 (Admin) (“ClientEarth3 Remedies”)

COMEAP Reports

• Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), Asthma and outdoor air pollution, 1995

• COMEAP, Statement on long term effects of particles on mortality, 2001

• COMEAP, Statement on papers by Dr Andrea Venn and Dr Rob McConnell on asthma in children, 2002

• COMEAP, Guidance on the effects on health of indoor air pollutants, 2004

• COMEAP, The effects of air pollution on children’s health, 2008

• COMEAP, Long term exposure to air pollution: effect on mortality, 2009

• COMEAP, Statement on the quantification of the effects of long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide on respiratory morbidity in children, 2009

• COMEAP, The mortality effects of long term exposure to particulate air pollution in the United Kingdom, 2010

• COMEAP, Does air pollution cause asthma?, 2010

• COMEAP, Review of the UK air quality index, 2011

Other Documents

• World Health Organisation, WHO Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. 2005. Global Update

• Royal College of Physicians, Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution, 2016

• Report on the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector, Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector, EU Parliament

• Mobile Measurement of Pollutant Emissions and Fuel Consumption of Road Vehicles In Real-World Driving Situations Using Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS) Report, Joint Research Centre