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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when her Department was notified of the results Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the overall change in UK carbon dioxide emissions has been since 1997, taking 1997 as a base figure of 100; and what the change in carbon dioxide emissions from (a) industry, (b) domestic sector, (c) transport, (d) road transport and (e) air transport have been since 1997, taking 1997 as a base figure of 100. [218908] Mr. Morley :[holding answer 1 March 2005]: The following table contains the rebased carbon dioxide emission from 1997 to 2002. The figures are based on the 2004 official inventory ("UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 2002") using new factors for Gas and Power Station Coal (Scenario 2 and 6) to be in line with the "Review of the UK Climate Change Programme Consultation Paper". The total decrease in carbon dioxide from 1997 to 2002 is 1.1 per cent. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 2002 (a) Industry1 100 102.6 (b) Domestic sector 100 105.2 (c) Transport2 100 98.8 (d) Road transport 100 100.7 (e) Air transport3 100 113.6 (f) Other sources4 100 88.7 Total 100 98.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes energy industries and industrial processes 2 Includes all domestic transport (incl. domestic aviation and domestic shipping only) 3 Domestic aviation only (excl. international aviation) 4 Includes businesses and land use change emissions (excl. landuse change removals)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1271W;431 c1265W; 218908

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Aviation Air pollution Carbon dioxide Industry Domestic waste Motor vehicles Transport

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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