Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Emissions of air pollutants in the UK - Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), what sources of emissions are included in his 2020 estimates of (a) 15 per cent of PM10 and (b) 25 per cent of PM2.5 from domestic consumption.

Emissions of key air pollutants are compiled and reported by Defra on an annual basis through the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). The data for 2020 is publicly available and was reported on 14 February 2022, via:

https://naei.beis.gov.uk/data/.

Emission estimates for domestic combustion in 2020 include emissions from the following fuels burned in domestic appliances; Anthracite, Burning oil, Charcoal, Coal, Gas oil, LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas), Natural gas, Peat, Petroleum coke, SSF (Solid Smokeless Fuels) and Wood.

Details of the methodology used to estimate these emissions can be accessed in our Informative Inventory Report, via:

https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=1071