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Emissions

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish information on the per capita emissions of (a) agricultural CH4, (b) non-agricultural CH4, (c) CO2, from land use change and (d) CO2, from industrial usage;(2) if he will publish information on the gross emissions in Wales of

(a) agricultural CH4 , (b) non-agricultural CH4 , (c) CO2 from land use change and (d) CO2 from industrial usage.

Figures specifically relating to Wales of CH4 (methane) and CO2 emission levels are not available. However, United Kingdom figures can be found in the Department of Environment publication "Digest of Environmental Protection and Water Statistics" No. 13 1990.The latest published data on United Kingdom emissions of both gases relate to 1989. Based on an estimated current United Kingdom population of 55 million, the following estimates can be calculated:

inclusive and exclusive of breeding livestock appreciation, and percentage changes by farm type and size for 1990 and 1991 in Wales.

Management and investment income and net farm income per farm for 1990–91 are due to be published after Christmas. The latest available information relates to 1987–88 and 1988–89 and is as follows:

United Kingdom emissions (Gross)
(Thousand tonnes)Per capita kg
Agricultural methane1·1621·1
Non-agricultural methane2·2941·6
(Million tonnes)tonnes
CO2 from industrial usage1011·840
CO2 from agricultural usage110·018
1 No specific figure is available for land use change.