HC Deb 26 October 1994 vol 248 cc607-8W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest information available on traffic-related air pollution in London; and what policy objectives he has for improving air quality.

Mr. Atkins

The London energy study carried out by the London research centre was published 15 September 1993, it was funded by the European Commission, London Electricity plc and the Department of the Environment. One of the principal outputs of the study was a very detailed inventory of energy use, and the resultant emissions of pollutants to the London atmosphere covering almost 2,000 sq km in and around London. The table illustrates the sources for each pollutant as well as the total for London and as a percentage of United Kingdom total emissions for 1991.

responsibilities in relation to the environment are under a duty to implement the environmental information regulations.

The Department of the Environment does not continuously monitor the implementation of these regulations, but in 1997 will give the European Commission a report on the experience gained in operating directive 90/313 — which required the regulations to be made — and will then ask bodies for information relating to the practical implementation of the directive.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the total expenditure to date and (b) expenditure in legal fees by each executive agency and non-departmental public body on the implementation of the Environmental Information Regulations 1992.

Sir Paul Beresford

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him today. The Department of the Environment does not keep centrally information of this kind.