Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and to what extent, bus emissions of pollutants have reduced in the last five years; and what reduction in bus emissions they anticipate in the next five years.
Figures for buses alone are unavailable. Figures for actual and projected combined bus and coach pollutant emissions are shown in the table, where available.
Year | CO | NOx | PM10 | PM2.5 | Benzene | 1,3-butadine | Lead | SO2 |
2011 | 6.52 | 30.76 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
2012 | 6.32 | 27.69 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
2013 | 6.37 | 26.23 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
2014 | 5.89 | 23.38 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
2015 | 5.08 | 19.44 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
2016 | 4.26 | 14.95 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
2020 | n/a | 8.27 | n/a | 0.10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.02 |
Source: Ricardo – AEA/DEFRA (NAEI)
Units: Thousand tonnes
n/a: projections not available