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Written question asked by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 March 2020. It was answered by Rebecca Pow (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 March 2020 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Coal: Heating

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of particulate emissions is generated by domestic coal burning.

Answer

Details on emissions of particulate matter (PM) by fuel type are not available for the latest year’s emissions inventory (first published 14 February 2020). This information will be available later in the spring via the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory website. Levels and trends in annual emissions of particulate matter in the UK are available from the National Statistics on emissions of air pollutants. These can be found at the following URL:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants

Data from the previous year’s inventory (published in 2019) indicate that approximately 3% of all PM2.5 emissions and 2% of all PM10 emissions in the UK were attributed to the domestic burning of coal in 2017. This equates to 3.3 kilotons and 3.4 kilotons of PM2.5 and PM10 emitted from domestic coal combustion in 2017, respectively. These figures include the burning of anthracite which is coal with a high carbon content.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24335
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Coal Air pollution Heating
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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