Stansted Airport: Carbon Emissions


Charles Walker asks the Transport Secretary about carbon dioxide emissions that would be generated by a second runway at Stansted.

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will estimate how many additional tonnes of carbon dioxide would be generated by a second runway at Stansted over its lifetime, calculated according to the methodology used to estimate additional carbon dioxide produced for a third runway at Heathrow as shown in Annex B, paragraph 2.23 of the Heathrow consultation document. [206724]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Our current forecasts of UK aviation carbon dioxide emissions were reported in "UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts