HL Deb 13 October 2004 vol 665 cc60-2WA
Viscount Simon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish the figures for each year since 1992 for United Kingdom emissions for (a) carbon dioxide; (b) nitrogen oxide; (c) PM10s; (d) carbon monoxide; (e) volatile organics compounds; and (f) benzene, broken down by those originating from (i) industry; (ii) electrical generation; (iii) transport; and (iv) United Kingdom households. [HL4278]

Lord Whitty

Defra compiles and publishes information on annual emissions to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), PM 10, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and benzene in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). The information is available at http://www.naei.org.uk. The tables below provide information on emissions from 1992 to 2002 (the latest year available) for each pollutant, broken down between industry, electrical generation, transport and UK households.

Table 2—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from Electrical Generation, 1992–2002
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Benzene (kt) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VOCs (kt) 7 7 8 8 9 8 6 8 8 8 9
Carbon Monoxide (kt) 110 99 106 104 102 71 73 61 70 72 71
PM10 (kt) 66 55 49 38 35 24 25 20 21 18 10
NOx as NO2 (kt) 671 567 527 495 449 372 365 338 365 379 379
CO2 as Carbon (kt) 50,379 45,495 44,372 44,110 43,488 39,625 40,600 38,849 41,943 44,300 42,989
Table 3—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from Transport, 1992–2002
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Benzene (kt) 41.5 38.1 35.1 32.1 29.6 26.8 23.8 20.4 8.8 8.7 8.1
VOCs (kt) 888 817 768 703 630 574 505 440 369 318 280
Carbon Monoxide (kt) 5,468 5,110 4,818 4,525 4,509 4,171 3,850 3,491 3,001 2,636 2,369
PM10 (kt) 75 74 72 70 70 66 64 60 54 53 52
NOx as NO2 (kt) 1,600 1,533 1,472 1,441 1,463 1,421 1,371 1,242 1,136 1,071 1,023
CO2 as Carbon (kt) 37,366 37,609 37,541 37,283 38,788 39,265 39,094 38,373 37,957 38,131 38,241
Table 4—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from United Kingdom Households, 1992–2002
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Benzene (kt) 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.0
VOCs (kt) 61 61 48 37 40 37 38 41 32 35 32
Carbon Monoxide (kt) 347 369 324 260 268 246 239 244 215 229 208
PM10 (kt) 52 53 43 33 35 33 33 35 28 31 28
NOx as NO2(kt) 69 72 69 66 75 69 71 71 72 75 74
CO2 as Carbon (kt) 23,129 24,182 22,946 21,699 24,743 22,741 23,245 23,121 23,353 24,272 23,833

Viscount Simon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish for each year since 1992 United Kingdom emissions, broken down by those originating from (a) cars; (b) light vans; (c) heavy goods vehicles; (d) buses; (e) coaches; (f) taxis; and (g) aircraft, for (i) carbon dioxide; (ii) nitrogen oxide; (iii) PM 10s; (iv) carbon monoxide; (v) volatile organics compounds; and (vi) benzene. [HL4279]

Lord Whitty

Defra compiles and publishes information on annual emissions to the atmosphere of air pollutants including carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides (Nox), PM 10, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and benzene in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). The information is available at http://www.naei.org.uk.

Tables which will be made available in the Library of the House provide a break down of emissions from 1992 to 2002 (the latest year available) within the transport sector by cars, light vans, heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches and aircraft for the above pollutants. Separate data are not collected on emissions from taxis nor on emissions from buses and coaches separately.