PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Heating: Carbon Emissions (5 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of CO2 emissions from domestic heating of (a) coal and (b) oil.

Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)

The UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory publishes an annual assessment of greenhouse gas emissions by source. It includes estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from domestic combustion of coal and oil, of which the vast majority will be used for heating. In 2018, the most recent year for which we have published data, the estimated level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions was (a) 1.5 MtCO₂ from domestic combustion of coal and (b) 6.1 MtCO₂ from domestic combustion of oil.

Answered by:
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
10 March 2020