HC Deb 13 February 1995 vol 254 cc511-2W
Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in descending order of population those former county boroughs for which a recommendation of unitary status has not yet been made.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

The following former county borough areas have not been recommended for unitary status by the Local Government Commission for England:

Population
Northampton 187,244
Warrington 185,005
Blackpool 153,614
Blackburn 139,528
Canterbury 132,391
Preston 132,166
Oxford 131,967
Norwich 128,050
Chester 120,845
Ipswich 114,806
Exeter 105,087
Gloucester 104,805
Emissions of NOx (in tonnes) from existing and new large combustion plant in the United Kingdom for 1993
Operator Plant NOx (in tonnes)
Glaxo Stevenage 2
BP Grangemouth 70
Total new plant 251
Total all UK existing combustion plant 636,339
Total new plant 251
Total 636,590

Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list nitrogen oxide emission sources by tonne within the United Kingdom, for each year since 1980.

Mr. Atkins

The list below gives estimated emissions of nitrogen oxides, by source, for 1980–1992.

Population
Carlisle 102,878
Great Yarmouth 88,799
Worcester 87,638
Eastbourne 86,794
Lincoln 85,502
Barrow in Furness 73,299
Burton on Trent1 60,000
Population figures above are mid-1993 resident populations.
1 The former county borough of Burton on Trent is currently subsumed within the district of East Staffordshire which has a total population of 98,300.

The Local Government Commission has recommended unitary status, within a larger unitary authority, for the areas of the former county boroughs of Brighton, Grimsby and Bath.