Carbon Emissions: Consumer Goods
Commons · Question 6655 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 4044, how the estimated emissions embodied in imported goods consumed in the UK in 2022 compared with figures for each of the previous ten
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jun 2026
The requested information is available in Figure 3 of the annual Carbon Footprint statistics published by Defra here. Annual totals and year-on-year percentage changes for the ten years up to 2022 are provided below: YearConsumption-based greenhouse gas e...