Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many tonnes of carbon equivalent were released into the environment as a result of the use by the UK industry of (a) kerosene and (b) gas oil in the last year for which figures are available. [108713]
§ Mr. HillThe last available figures are in the 1997 National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. In 1997 the combustion of kerosene in UK industry generated 2,473 kilotonnes of carbon equivalent, while the combustion of gas oil in UK industry generated 10,472 kilotonnes of carbon equivalent. The UK total emission was 684,510 kilotonnes of carbon equivalent.
Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the contribution to UK emissions of pollutants covered by the air quality strategy by the industrial use of (a) kerosene and (b) gas oil. [108714]
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§ Mr. HillThe contribution to UK emissions of pollutants covered by the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the industrial use of (a) kerosene and (b) gas oil is set out in the table.
Pollutant Kerosene Gas oil UK total Carbon monoxide (thousand tonnes per year) 0.13 18.33 5,090 Nitrogen oxides (thousand tonnes per year) 2.22 50.77 1,835 Lead (tonnes per year) 0.05 0.64 1,308 Particulate matter less than 10 micron diameter (thousand tonnes per year) 0.01 1.79 184 Sulphur dioxide (thousand tonnes per year) 0.47 8.95 1,660 Volatile organic compounds1 (thousand tonnes per year) 0.07 6.54 2,130 Benzene (thousand tonnes per year) 0.00 0.13 38 1 Volatile organic compounds are not an Air Quality Strategy pollutant, but are precursors of ozone No figures are available for emissions of 1,3 butadiene from these sources, but they are expected to be small relative to other sources and in absolute terms.
The figures are from the 1997 National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. It can be viewed on the internet at http://www.aeat.co.uk/netcen/airqual