Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of UK carbon emissions by consumption in each year since 2010.
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).
Figures up to 2021 for the UK can be found 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 |
2010 | 310 | 336 | 91 | 66 |
2011 | 292 | 347 | 74 | 66 |
2012 | 305 | 360 | 80 | 66 |
2013 | 295 | 358 | 82 | 67 |
2014 | 283 | 366 | 69 | 67 |
2015 | 275 | 362 | 72 | 68 |
2016 | 236 | 320 | 73 | 69 |
2017 | 211 | 321 | 71 | 70 |
2018 | 213 | 342 | 74 | 70 |
2019 | 208 | 336 | 71 | 70 |
2020 | 176 | 311 | 71 | 54 |
2021 | 189 | 381 | 76 | 59 |