HC Deb 29 January 2003 vol 398 cc869-70W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list UK sulphur dioxide emissions in each year since 1997. [94292]

Alun Michael

The following table shows estimated UK emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) from 1997 to 2000 (the latest year for which data are available). Data since 1970 on UK emissions of air pollutants, including sulphur dioxide, are published annually in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI), which can be found at the NAEI website, http://www.naei.org.uk.

Year SO2 emission(thousands of tonnes)
1997 1,665
1998 1,588
1999 1,210
2000 1,165

Source:

National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory