To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assistance his Department makes available under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets Scheme to park home residents. (229912)

There is limited assistance that can be given to park home residents under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) due to the nature of their homes, which make them harder to insulate than many others. Although the Government set the overall CERT target, it is open to energy suppliers how they meet their targets. Suppliers promote the most cost effective energy saving measures including cavity wall and loft insulation. Measures such as external or internal wall insulation for park homes are not currently as cost effective as other energy saving measures, so are less attractive to energy suppliers. Park homes residents are eligible for assistance for low energy lamps and efficient appliances.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what domestic carbon dioxide emissions on the environmental accounts basis have been in each year since 1990. (231253)

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Environmental Accounts produce estimates of air emissions, including carbon dioxide, annually.

The ONS Environmental Accounts measure greenhouse gas emissions on a UK residents basis, in order to be comparable with National Accounts economic data. Therefore, they include emissions generated by UK households and companies in the UK and emissions from UK households’ and companies’ transport and travel activities abroad. They exclude emissions generated by non-residents’ transport and travel in the UK.

As such, these data are on a different basis from estimates published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under the UK's Kyoto Protocol obligations. The Kyoto Protocol basis covers emissions from UK territory only and excludes emissions from international aviation and shipping.

The most recent publication was on 3 June 2008 and data for the period 1990 to 2006 are available on the National Statistics website.

These data show that total carbon dioxide emissions for the United Kingdom on a National Accounts residents basis are as follows: