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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 26 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 June 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 14 June 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated levels of (a) emissions and (b) removals were for (i) hydrofluorocarbons, (ii) perfluorocarbons and (iii) sulphurhexafluoride in each year from 1990 to 2002, expressed in (A) unit tonnes and (B) thousand tonne carbon dioxide equivalents. - Inc tables.
Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated levels of (a) emissions and (b) removals were for (i) hydrofluorocarbons, (ii) perfluorocarbons and (iii) sulphurhexafluoride in each year from 1990 to 2002, expressed in (A) unit tonnes and (B) thousand tonne carbon dioxide equivalents. [176931] Mr. Morley: The following tables show the estimated emissions for these gases in (A) tonnes and (B) thousand tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent, as published in the latest UK Greenhouse gas inventory, released in April 2004. There are no removals of these gases estimated in the UK inventory. (A) Emissions of HFCs, PFCs, SF6 in tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 HFC 973.9 1,022.8 1,064.0 1,231.0 1,588.5 2,155.3 PFC 204.0 170.0 81.8 68.7 67.5 63.4 SF6 45.3 47.3 49.2 51.0 51.7 54.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 HFC 2,762.9 3,644.9 4,233.7 3,822.8 4,128.6 4,646.9 5,267.6 PFC 68.3 61.1 60.1 60.2 73.5 60.2 52.5 SF6 55.2 53.4 54.9 61.6 77.5 61.0 66.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (B) Emissions of HFCs, PFCs, SF6 in thousand tonne carbon dioxide equivalent _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 HFC 11,375.4 11,854.0 12,323.5 12,999.9 14,009.7 15,490.9 PFC 1,393.7 1,164.2 570.7 485.2 481.2 457.4 SF6 1,081.9 1,130.4 1,176.2 1,219.2 1,235.0 1,291.3 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 HFC 16,720.1 19,181.4 17,268.0 10,829.9 9,081.3 9,727.5 10,418.3 PFC 496.3 450.1 441.1 446.3 541.4 437.5 383.5 SF6 1,318.6 1,275.1 1,311.8 1,472.3 1,852.1 1,457.5 1,594.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
176931; 422 c616W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Air pollution Climate change Carbon dioxide Hydrofluorocarbons Pollution control Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances Sulphur hexafluoride
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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