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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sources of emissions other than domestic wood burning were included in his estimate of domestic consumption accounting for 25 per cent of the total PM2.5 primary and 15 per cent of the total PM10 primary emissions in 2020.

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