§ Mr. GrieveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what has been the change in United Kingdom levels of emissions of(a) chlorofluorocarbons and (b) sulphur dioxide since 1979. [10980]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Total UK emissions of sulphur dioxide have decreased from 5,553,000 tonnes in 1979 to 2,365,000 tonnes in 1995, a reduction of 57 per cent.
No information is collected on the level of emissions of CFCs, but information is held on the level of consumption. The earliest data are from 1986, when UK consumption was 58,357 tonnes. This decreased to 1,702 tonnes in 1995, a reduction of 97 per cent.