Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 July 2008. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 21 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport: Carbon Emissions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 July 2008, on roads, if she will estimate the annual change in carbon dioxide emissions that will result from the implementation of the proposals in the statement.

Answer: The carbon impacts depend on scheme by scheme decisions. We always assess the impacts on carbon of all major schemes as part of the NATA appraisal process. Carbon impacts will therefore be assessed as scheme proposals are developed in detail.When deciding whether to increase road capacity to improve traffic flows and reduce congestion, we will take account of any impact this will have on the overall level of CO2 emissions from transport. In cases where we decide to go ahead with increasing capacity, we will build the CO2 impacts into our plans to keep CO2 emissions within the carbon budgets set under the Climate Change Bill.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 479 c896W;479 c894W; 220616
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Roads
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Written statements
House of Commons
Subjects: Exhaust emissions Transport
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk