Greenhouse Gas Emissions

HC Deb 18 November 1997 vol 301 cc111-2W

Mr. Stunell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list(a) his Department's policies and initiatives designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and (b) the departmental policies and initiatives designed to reduce other greenhouse gases; if he will estimate for each the annual reduction in tonnage of greenhouse gas emissions

£000
Year	Treasury	Inland Revenue (Inc VOA)	Royal Mint	Customs and Excise	National Savings	Office for Nat. Stats.
1980–81	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)
1987–88	9.9	(1)	(1)	(1)	1.9	(1)

achieved in the most recent year for which figures are available compared to those for 1990; and what estimate he has made of further reductions, or increases, predicted from 2000 and 2010, assuming continuation of current policies.[15548]

Dawn Primarolo

I refer the hon. Member to the United Kingdom's Second Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which was published in February 1997. It reports the UK's progress in implementing its programme for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and gives a projection of what the programme is expected to deliver by 2000. The report projects forward what the current program is expected to achieve to 2020.