HC Deb 22 October 1992 vol 212 cc346-7W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the quantity of(a) chlorofluorocarbons, (b) halons and (c) methyl chloroform produced in (i) 1990–91, (ii) 1991–92 and (iii) proposed for 1992–93.

Mr. Maclean

An estimated 681 kilotonnes of CFCs were produced world-wide in 1991. Figures are not yet available for 1992, but are expected to show a sharp decline. Figures are not available for world-wide production of halons or methyl chloroform.