HC Deb 28 October 1998 vol 318 c162W
Mr. Blizzard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what percentages of total carbon dioxide emissions in the United Kingdom arise from(a) power generation, (b) industrial production and (c) transport.[56828]

Mr. Meale

Power generation, industrial production and transport accounted respectively for about 27 per cent., 26 per cent. and 21 per cent. of total UK emissions of carbon dioxide in 1996, the most recent year for which final data are available. Provisional data for 1997 indicate that the percentage shares for the same three categories were 26 per cent., 26 per cent. and 22 per cent. respectively.