To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the estimated total level of carbon emissions in the UK was in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; (156211)

The following table shows the estimated total level of carbon dioxide emissions for the UK and the EU, 2004-06.

Figures are million tonnes of net carbon dioxide emissions (emissions minus removals).

Emissions are presented as carbon dioxide equivalents in line with international standards for reporting and carbon trading. To compute the carbon equivalent of the emission of carbon dioxide, divide by 44/12.

The figures shown do not include any adjustment for the effect of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EUETS), which was introduced in 2005.

The figures shown for the UK for 2006 are provisional. EU emissions figures for 2006 will be published in January 2008.