§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the emissions of NOx, from aircraft operating within United Kingdom airspace in each year since 1980. [60930]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonNo such estimates are produced for the whole of United Kingdom airspace. An annual estimate is made of the NOx produced by civil aircraft, on domestic or international flights at UK airports, during ground movements and in the landing and take-off cycle, up to 1,000 metres. This is published in the Digest of Environmental Statistics. Information from the Digest for the period 1980 to 1996 (the latest year for which figures are available) is given in the table:
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NOx Emissions 1980–1996 Thousand tones 1980 10 1981 9 1982 10 1983 10 1984 11 1985 11 1986 11
NOx Emissions 1980–1996 Thousand tones 1987 12 1988 13 1989 14 1990 12 1991 14 1992 14 1993 15 1994 15 1995 16 1996 17 The UK has played a major part in securing reductions in NOx emissions in standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and will continue to do so.