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Cars: Exhaust Emissions

Volume 470: debated on Monday 7 January 2008

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Mr. Boris Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will estimate the number of cars in (a) London and (b) South East England which have carbon dioxide emissions (i) under 120g/km and meeting the Euro 4 standard for air quality, (ii) under 120g/km and not meeting the Euro 4 standard for air quality, (iii) between 120 and 225g/km and (iv) above 225g/km in each of the last five years. (172591)

Jim Fitzpatrick

Information on the number of vehicles meeting the Euro 4 standard is not held centrally.

The number of licensed cars over the last five years in London and South East England with carbon dioxide emissions between 120 and 225 g/km and above 225 g/km were as follows:

Thousand

London

South East England (excluding London)

120-225 g/km

Above 225 g/km

120-225 g/km

Above 225 g/km

2002

366

733

2003

532

1,095

2004

594

117

1,253

181

2005

749

141

1,556

215

2006

902

161

1,840

244

Notes:

1. CO2 emissions data are unavailable for vehicles registered before 1 March 2001. In addition, CO2 data are also unavailable for a small number of vehicles registered after this date.

2. CO2 emissions data in the above 225 g/km group are not held separately for 2002 and 2003.

3. Data regarding the number of vehicles meeting the Euro 4 standard are not held centrally.