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David Davis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list UK sulphur dioxide emissions in each year since 1997. [94292]
Alun Michael
The following table shows estimated UK emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) from 1997 to 2000 (the latest year for which data are available). Data since 1970 on UK emissions of air pollutants, including sulphur dioxide, are published annually in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI), which can be found at the NAEI website, http://www.naei.org.uk.
Year | SO2 emission(thousands of tonnes) |
1997 | 1,665 |
1998 | 1,588 |
1999 | 1,210 |
2000 | 1,165 |
Source:
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory