Q. Freight: Carbon Emissions

Freight: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 28th January 2015) - View Source

Questioner

Chris Ruane
(Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average amount of carbon emitted by (a) road and (b) rail freight was in each year for which data is available.

Answered by

Claire Perry

This question was answered on 3rd February 2015

The estimated amount of greenhouse gas emissions from road freight and rail freight is given in the Table below. Data are provided in million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents for every year from 1990.

Table: Greenhouse gas emissions from Road and Rail freight.

Million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

	Road Freight	Rail Freight
1990	27.32	0.50
1991	26.34	0.54
1992	26.77	0.56
1993	27.30	0.50
1994	28.74	0.47
1995	28.16	0.48
1996	29.26	0.54
1997	29.51	0.60
1998	28.87	0.58
1999	27.87	0.54
2000	27.01	0.54
2001	26.87	0.58
2002	27.58	0.53
2003	27.80	0.54
2004	28.13	0.58
2005	28.98	0.60
2006	29.57	0.59
2007	31.72	0.60
2008	27.95	0.57
2009	26.99	0.55
2010	28.78	0.56
2011	28.72	0.62
2012	29.67	1.62

Source: DECC/National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

Freight: Carbon Emissions

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