Departmental Car Use

HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 c1922W

Sue Doughty

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes there have been in(a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting in her Department against the baseline year. [188258]

Alun Michael

The baseline year for collecting these figures in Defra was 2002–03. Figures for 2003–04 show:

1. (a) an 11 per cent. reduction in road transport vehicle CO² emissions
2. (b) a 1 per cent. increase in single occupancy car commuting.