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Written question asked by John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 1 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2005. It was answered by Karen Buck (Labour) on Thursday, 8 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Aircraft Emissions/Noise

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the change in quantities of emissions produced by UK air travel in (a) 2030 and (b) 2050 compared with 2005; and what assumptions underlie those forecasts.
Answer

Our forecasts for aviation and climate change, and the assumptions underlying them, are set out in Aviation and Global Warming, published by the Department for Transport in January 2004. The figures shown relate to estimates of emissions for all flights departing UK airports for 2030 and 2050, with an interpolated figure for 2005.

Carbon emitted (Mt)
(2005) (9.8)
2030 17.7
2050 17.4

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35236; 440 c1458W;440 c1458W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Aviation Air pollution Aircraft Exhaust emissions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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