PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 April 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the revised greenhouse gas inventory model; whether the updated representation of the UK livestock sector will include data relating to (a) emissions resulting from the production of livestock feed and (b) carbon sequestration in permanent pastures; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The revised agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory model is due to be completed this year and implemented as part of the 2016 National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. Data from the 2016 inventory is due for submission and publication in 2018. Details of the methodology and assumptions within the revised agricultural GHG emissions model will be published in 2018 as part of the annual UK National Inventory Report.

The model will include emissions estimates from:

1. UK grass and fodder production. Emissions from imported feeds are not accounted for, in line with international emissions reporting guidelines.

2. Carbon sequestration from land converted to grassland. Emissions are accounted for in the Land Use and Land Use Change and Forestry sector.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
24 April 2017