HC Deb 16 January 2001 vol 361 cc189-90W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the United Kingdom's contribution to global carbon dioxide emissions has been for each of the past three years,(a) by volume and (b) in percentage terms. [145590]

Mr. Meacher

We estimate that the UK has contributed the following to global carbon dioxide emissions for the years 1996, 1997 and 1998, which

Train accidents per billion passenger miles Movement accidents per billion passenger miles Non-movement accidents per billion passenger journeys
Year Killed Major Minor Killed Major Minor Killed Major Minor
1989 0.24 1.58 11.03 1.01 3.93 105.4 1.25 82.55 2,687
1990 0 0.53 5.88 1.43 4.37 104.1 1.29 67.31 2,294
1991–92 0.8 0.75 12.01 1.16 3.03 90.65 0.63 63.64 2,091
1992–93 0 0.13 2.67 0.68 3.35 98.93 1.29 100.26 2,395
1993–94 0 0.22 5.67 0.62 1.8 95.37 1.3 103.05 2,793
1994–95 0.14 0.5 8.17 0.55 2.65 98.41 1.26 85.28 2,685
1995–96 0.04 0.04 2.24 0.29 1.91 102.91 1.23 98.65 2,819

represent the latest available data, expressed as million tonnes of carbon:

MtC
1996 1997 1998
Global emissions1 7,856 7,925 7,834
UK emissions 162.0 154.8 155.5
Percentage UK of global 2.1 2.0 2.0
1 Includes an estimate of global emissions from land use change of 1,636 MtC per year

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