§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each power station in Britain the most recent emissions data submitted to Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe emissions data for power stations in England and Wales, not Scotland authorised by HMIP are 443W placed on the public register in HMIP offices in Bedford, Bristol and Leeds as appropriate. The national plan emissions inventory is also placed on the public registers and I have placed a copy of the inventory for 1993, which has recently been received, in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on what basis and frequency power stations are obliged to submit emissions data to Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.
§ Mr. AtkinsFor all power stations in England and Wales operated by National Power and PowerGen and authorised by HMIP, the operator is required to send to the chief inspector, within 28 days of the end of the reporting period to which the results refer, the mass releases into the air from the authorised process of sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen for that reporting period together with the operational data from which the releases have been calculated.
§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each power station in Britain the reporting period stipulated in the authorisation for purposes of submitting emissions data to Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.
§ Mr. AtkinsFor all power stations in England and Wales operated by National Power and PowerGen and authorised by HMIP, the reporting period is each of the 12 periods of either four or five weeks which correspond approximately to calender months in any year for which reports are compiled.