To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the annual carbon dioxide emissions of dedicated air freight traffic within the UK; and if he will make a statement. (242222)

Estimates for the annual carbon dioxide emissions of dedicated air freight within the UK are obtained from The Department for Transport’s 2007 publication “UK Air Passenger Demand and CO₂ Forecasts”, this is available on the DFT website, at:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/environmentalissues/ukairdemandandco2forecasts/

Table G.10: ‘CO₂ emissions at airport level 2005 and 2030’ estimates total CO₂ emissions from dedicated air freight flights departing UK airports in 2005 to be 0.6MTCO₂. This estimate includes all dedicated air freight flights departing UK airports, not just flights operating from one UK airport to another.