§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many tonnes of methyl tertiary butyl ether were imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. [116246]
§ Mrs. LiddellI have been asked to reply.
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) is not separately identified within the system for classifying products imported into the UK used by HM Customs and Excise. As such it is not possible to provide the information requested. However, we estimate that the average MTBE content in petrol in the UK is less than one per cent.