Skip to main content

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 21 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from his Department’s estate in each year since 2005; and what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from military establishments (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in each year since 2005. (185462)

The Ministry of Defence’s total carbon emissions, including those from military establishments in the UK and overseas, for 2005-06 are:

Emissions in CO2: 2005-06

Thousand tonnes

UK Defence Estate

469.9

Overseas Defence Estate

54.9

Total

524.8

Figures for 2006-07 are not yet available but will be published later this year in the Sustainable Development Commission's Sustainable Development in Government Report 2006-07 and will be available on their website at:

www.sd-commission.org.uk