HC Deb 29 January 2003 vol 398 cc927-8W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of carbon dioxide emissions from transport from 1997 to 2002; and if he will make a statement. [93824]

Mr. Jamieson

Carbon dioxide emissions from transport between 1997 and 2001 (including from domestic aviation) were estimated to be as follows:

Million tonnes of carbon
By 'end user' By 'source'
1997 39 36
1998 39 36
1999 39 36
2000 39 35
2001 n/a 34

'End user' figures include a share of the emissions from fuel processing industries and the combustion of fossil fuels at power stations, whereas the 'source' figures do not. The 1997 to 2000 figures are published in "Transport Statistics Great Britain, 2002 Edition" and are obtained from the National Environmental Technology Centre (NETCEN). Only 'source' figures are available for 2001 and these are provisional estimates derived from DTIs "Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 20022. No estimates are available yet for 2002.