Transport Committee - Plug-in vehicles, plugged in policy?Further written evidence from the Department for Transport (LCV 22A)

During my evidence at the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Low Carbon Vehicles on 12 June 2012, I undertook to provide information on the extent to which carbon emissions from road transport had fallen since the coalition Government came to office.

Data submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change shows that in 2010, carbon dioxide emissions from road transport were 145 thousand tonnes lower than in 2009, a fall of 0.1%.

Final data for 2011 for road transport emissions is not yet available. Provisional figures (published by DECC) for carbon dioxide emissions for domestic transport as a whole in 2011 show a fall of 1.7 million tonnes or 1.4% from 2010.

You might also like to note that since my appearance, the Committee on Climate Change has published its 4th Annual Progress Report which provides further context and details of recent emissions trends in different sectors.

I hope that this reply helps to clarify the position.

16 July 2012