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Written question asked by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 16 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Amber Rudd (Conservative) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Carbon Emissions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of how much cavity wall insulation has contributed to reduction of carbon dioxide emissions according to the Kyoto agreement protocols in each year since 2010.

Answer

The Department does not measure carbon savings per year from individual types of energy efficiency measure across the UK.

However, estimated carbon savings from energy efficiency policies are reported in our Updated Emissions Projections, which can be found on the government’s website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections

Breakdown of the estimated number of UK dwelling insulated each year from 2010:

From : https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-statistics#quarterly-statistics

Year

Number of cavity wall installations

April 2010 to March 2011

600,000*

April 2011 to March 2012

660,000*

April 2012 to March 2013

610,000*

April 2013 to March 2014

400,000*

The March 2015 cavity wall insulation installation statistics are still to be calculated

*This includes delivery through Government schemes and new build properties.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227634
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Climate change Housing Insulation Carbon emissions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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