Question follow-through · 90127
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in 1990, what was the contribution in parts per million of CO2 emissions from the UK into the atmosphere (a) gross of sequestration and (b) net of sequestration; and what was the contribution
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in 1990, what was the contribution in parts per million of CO2 emissions from the UK into the atmosphere (a) gross of sequestration and (b) net of sequestration; and what was the contribution
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
UK net territorial CO2 emissions were 603.3 million tonnes in 1990 and provisionally estimated at 290.4 million tonnes in 2024. Source: DESNZ, provisional 2024 UK net territorial greenhouse gas emissions statistics.CO2 is calculated in terms of net emissi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Correspondence and Written Questions
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Net Zero Teesside Power: Iron and Steel
10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy that the Net Zero Teesside Procurement Project should use British-made steel.
Climate Change
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