§ Mr. ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many paper mills invested in combined heat and power plants in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000 and (d) 2001–02 to date. [26126]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 11 January 2002]: The following number of paper mills invested in new CHP capacity between 1997–98 and 2000–01:
Number 1997–98 0 1998–99 1 1999–2000 3 2000–01 2 This information is taken from the Digest of UK Energy Statistics. Data for 2001–02 are not currently available.
§ Mr. ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions she has calculated will be saved by the United Kingdom paper industry investing in combined heat and power plants, and over what period, under the Government's targets for climate change. [26125]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 11 January 2002]: The latest figures in the DTI published Digest of UK Energy Statistics are for the year 2000 and show the paper industry (including publishing and printing) to be saving approximately 500,000 tonnes of carbon annually through its use of combined heat and power (CHP). In addition, our best estimate of the savings stimulated by the climate change agreements for the paper industry are 140,000 tonnes of carbon annually by 2010 from CHP.