§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the scale of the sulphur dioxide emissions in each of the European Economic Community countries for (a) 1974 and (b) the most recently available date.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe United Kingdom is one of the few countries which publish information annually about national emissions. Full comparative data on EC countries' sulpher dioxide emissions are available only for those years which were the subject of data-gathering exercises carried out by international organisations. The nearest year to 1974 for which full figures are available is 1972 and the latest is 1982. The figures are as follows:
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1972 1982 million tonnes SO 2 Belgium 1.14 0.81 Denmark 0.48 0.40
1972 1982 million tonnes SO 2 France 3.53 2.54 Germany 3.91 3.00 Greece 0.20 0.34 Ireland 0.19 0.16 Italy 3.17 3.07 Luxembourg 0.05 0.02 Netherlands 0.59 0.40 Portugal *0.18 †0.36 Spain 1.14 n.a. United Kingdom 5.64 4.01 * 1973. † 1983. n.a.=not available.