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Written question asked by John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 December 2005. It was answered by Karen Buck (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Aviation Pollution

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what economic modelling he has undertaken of the impact of (a) different oil prices, (b) emissions trading, (c) an emissions charge and (d) an increase in air passenger duty on the growth of aviation greenhouse gas emissions.
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 ““best case”” scenario emissions forecasts assumed the introduction of economic instruments to tackle climate change, resulting in improved fuel efficiency. We have not undertaken analysis to consider these specific scenarios.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
38190; 440 c2294W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Aviation Climate change Exhaust emissions Econometrics
Link
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