Written Question

Carbon Emissions

Tuesday 28th January 2025

Asked by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK's carbon footprint including emissions from imported goods is since 2010.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here : Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2021 - GOV.UK

Data are available up to 2021.

The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO₂, Methane (CH₄), Nitrous oxide (N₂O), Hydro-flourocarbons (HFC), Perflurocarbons (PFC), Nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆).

We do not hold information on total UK emissions but can provide those associated with consumption. UK consumption emission figures, including those from imported goods, are provided in the table below.

Table 1: Greenhouse gas emissions associated with UK consumption, million tonnes CO2 equivalent, UK, 2010-2021

Year	GHG from UK produced goods and services consumed by UK residents	GHG embedded in imported goods and services to UK	UK Households heating emissions arising from the use of fossil fuels	UK Transport emissions generated directly by UK households	Total
2010	310	336	91	66	804
2011	292	347	74	66	778
2012	305	360	80	66	811
2013	295	358	82	67	801
2014	283	366	69	67	784
2015	275	362	72	68	777
2016	236	320	73	69	698
2017	211	321	71	70	673
2018	213	342	74	70	699
2019	208	336	71	70	685
2020	176	311	71	54	613
2021	189	381	76	59	705

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