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European Directive 2003/17/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels: Regulatory impact assessment. 5 p. DfT. 2003.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

DfT

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was collected in fuel duty from (a) motorists and (b) road hauliers in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 2003

Reference

136451; 412 c620-1W;412 c626-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the common carcinogens emitted from petrol and diesel vehicles in the UK; and the tonnages of each emitted in the latest available year. - Includes table.

Asked by

David Amess (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2003

For answer on

27 October 2003

Answered on

27 October 2003

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the common carcinogens emitted from petrol and diesel vehicles in the UK; and the tonnages of each emitted in the latest available year. [132759] Mr. Bradshaw: I have been asked to reply. Emissions from petrol and diesel vehicles are included in the National Atmospheric Emission Inventory. This inventory, available on-line (http://www.naei.org.uk/) compiles air pollutant emissions for the United Kingdom. The air pollutants emitted in 2001 from road transport that are known carcinogens or potential carcinogens are listed below, including the total emission and the percentage of the total UK emission from road transport for each pollutant. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pollutant Sector Emissions in 2001 in Kilotonnes Proportion of total (percentage) 1,3-Butadiene Road Transport--Petrol 2.33 52 Road Transport--Diesel 1.15 26 Total (All sources) 4.48 -- Benzene Road Transport--Petrol 5.31 34 Road Transport--Diesel 0.22 1 Total (All sources) 15.39 -- Dioxins & Furans Road Transport--Petrol 3.79 1.1 Road Transport--Diesel J0.42 0.1 (Total (All sources) 1341.28 -- 16 Polycyclic Aromatic Road Transport--Petrol 0.02 1 Hydrocarbons2 Road Transport--Diesel 1.10 52 Total (All sources) 2.10 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Total excludes natural fires and vehicle fires) 2 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large group of chemical compounds with a similar structure, although individual PAHs differ in their capacity to damage human cells. This data provides emissions of the 16 PAHs commonly found in ambient air. They include emissions of benzo[a]pyrene, benz[a]anthracene and dibenz[a]janthracene, which are the three potent animal carcinogens that are classified as `probably carcinogenic to humans'.

Date

27 October 2003

Reference

132759; 412 c99-100W;412 c106-7W

House

House of Commons

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

Why the test report specified in paragraph 8 of the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricant) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2110), does not require the inclusion of the date on which the test was carried out. [HL 4690].

Asked by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 October 2003

Reference

HL 4690; 653 c181-2WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many tonnes of (a) fine particulates and (b) ultrafine particulates were emitted into the atmosphere in the UK by the (i) diesel powered vehicle parc, (ii) petrol powered vehicle parc and (iii) road fuel gas vehicle parc in the latest year...

Asked by

Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 October 2003

For answer on

22 October 2003

Answered on

22 October 2003

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many tonnes of (a) fine particulates and (b) ultrafine particulates were emitted into the atmosphere in the UK by the (i) diesel powered vehicle parc, (ii) petrol powered vehicle parc and (iii) road fuel gas vehicle parc in the latest year for which figures are available. [133705] Mr. McNulty: The following table, based on data from the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, presents emissions of particulate matter by fraction, in kilotonnes, from road transport in 2001. Emissions of particulate matter by fraction (kilotonne) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Vehicle type Particulate fraction Diesel Petrol Road fuel gas Coarse PM10 26.9 3.17 0.02 Fine PM2.5 25.94 3.06 0.02 Ultrafine PM0.1 13.42 1.58 0.01 Vehicle kilometres 135.4 354.8 1.7 covered (billion) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. PM10 includes all particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10m (likewise PM2.5 includes all particles smaller than 2.5m, and so on), thus the finer particle totals are a subset of the coarser particles. Figures for PM2.5, PM1 and PM0.1 are estimated from those for PM10 and the mass fractions in these size ranges available for different emission sources and fuel types. These figures assume the following: 100,000 LPG vehicles in parc, travelling the same distance per year as passenger cars (industry source); emissions from LPG vehicles assumed to be same as average PM factor for petrol vehicles (no PM emissions data available for LPG vehicles); and 850 HDVs running on CNG (industry source), their emissions of PM being 90 per cent. lower than a Euro II HDV running on diesel.

Date

22 October 2003

Reference

133705; 411 c568-9W;411 c572-3W

House

House of Commons

Regulatory impact assessment for the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) (Amendment) Regulations. 13 p. DTI. 2003.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

10 September 2003

Reference

DTI

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by how much (a) diesel fuel consumption by farmers and (b) soil erosion would be reduced if 50 per cent. of UK sugar beet, maize and oilseed rape farmers switched to GM herbicide-tolerant varieties and conservation tillage; how...

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 September 2003

Reference

410 c324-5W;410 c365W; 128694;128700

House

House of Commons

Davies of Oldham, Lord

Over how wide an area would the engines of motor vehicles be immobilized as a consequence of nuclear explosions of varying force; whether this would affect diesel engines; how those affected engines could be reactivated; and at what approximate cost. [HL 3124].

Asked by

Lord Jopling (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 June 2003

Reference

650 c48-9WA; HL 3124

House

House of Lords

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the calculations which he used to determine that £0.2710 shall be the biodiesel duty rate. - (Holding answer 13 May 2003).

Asked by

Michael Jack (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2003

Reference

112891; 405 c881-2W

House

House of Commons

Programme motion and Com:Finance Bill 2002/03

Finance Bill. Programme motion (No 3) on proceedings in Committee of the Whole House. Agreed to on division (244 to 137). Committee stage first day. Clauses 1,4,5,14,22,42,56,57,124 agreed to. Clauses 9 agreed to as amended. Schedules 5,6,19 agreed to.

Department

Treasury

Type

Debates on bills; Committee of the Whole House (HC)

Date

13 May 2003

Reference

405 c173-284

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals have been made by the European Commission to harmonise the taxation of diesel fuel for transport by all modes; whether that includes marine use at sea, in estuaries, on rivers and canals, for both commercial and leisure use; what consultations have...

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 February 2003

For answer on

24 February 2003

Answered on

24 February 2003

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals have been made by the European Commission to harmonise the taxation of diesel fuel for transport by all modes; whether that includes marine use at sea, in estuaries, on rivers and canals, for both commercial and leisure use; what consultations have taken place with interested persons or bodies; what reports have been published by the Government; and whether a decision in the Council of Ministers is by two-thirds majority vote. [98476] John Healey: The only European Commission proposal for full harmonisation of duty rates for diesel fuel used in transport relates to diesel fuel used by lorries over 16 tonnes, buses and coaches. The proposal is that member states should bring their duty rates for such diesel closer together to reach a harmonised rate by 2010 of è350 per 1,000 litres, although that rate would be uprated in line with inflation. The Government have submitted an Explanatory Memorandum on this proposal (reference 11571/02 dated 26 September 2002), which set out its opposition to it. That opposition is shared by nearly all member states, so the directive cannot be adopted in its present form, as any decisions taken by the Council of Ministers on matters of taxation have to be unanimous. The only European Commission proposal relating to duty on diesel fuel for marine use is the proposed directive on taxation of energy products. This would generally continue the existing duty treatment of diesel fuel for marine use in the mineral oils structures directive. It provides for a compulsory exemption for diesel fuel used for navigation in Community waters (although it would allow member states to limit the exemption to international and intra-Community transport) and for an optional exemption for diesel fuel used for navigation in inland waterways. In both cases, private pleasure craft are excluded from these exemptions, but the United Kingdom's derogation from the existing directive, allowing the United Kingdom to exempt fuel for private pleasure craft until 31 December 2006, will be unaffected. The Government have submitted a supplementary Memorandum on the latest version of the proposal (reference 13422/02, FISC 266, dated 26 November 2002). This directive will support efforts to deal with the significant environmental problems arising from global warming, which requires cross-border action. This proposal also cannot be adopted in its present form without unanimous agreement by the Council of Ministers.

Date

24 February 2003

Reference

98476; 400 c210-1W;400 c208-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

(Pursuant to reply on 20.01.2003 at 398 c35-7W) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific funding is available to coastal local authorities for counter-pollution measures and clean-up operations for (a) oil, (b) diesel and (c) other spillages at sea; what steps he has taken to train (a)...

Asked by

Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 January 2003

Reference

398 c514W;398 c512W; 91599;91598

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific funding is available to coastal local authorities for counter-pollution measures and clean-up operations for (a) oil, (b) diesel and (c) other spillages at sea; what steps he has taken to train (a) local authority staff and (b) staff of other...

Asked by

Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 January 2003

Reference

91599;91598; 398 c35-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many permanently equipped vessels are available in the United Kingdom to tackle (a) oil, (b) chemical and (c) diesel spillages at sea; and where they are stationed; how many anti-pollution vessels there are to deal with (a) chemical and (b) oil...

Asked by

Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 January 2003

Reference

398 c34-6W; 91597;91601;91603;91604

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives the Government has put in place to encourage (a) vehicle manufacturers and road haulage companies to cut emissions on existing diesel technology and (b) the wider use of alternative based vehicles. - Inc ref to "Powering Future Vehicles Strategy".

Asked by

Jimmy Wray (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 January 2003

Reference

90322; 397 c426W;397 c394-5W

House

House of Commons

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