Carbon Emissions per Local Authority Enquiry - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Please can you clarify if you have calculated the carbon footprint of your local authority area.


2. If so what are your local authority area carbon footprint per capita and carbon emissions per
capita.

Decision

1. Lincolnshire County Council doesn't calculate the carbon footprint of our local area as this is
calculated by Government.

2. This information can be found here:

Click on the following document:

2005 to 2017 UK local and regional CO2 emissions – data tables

When the Excel spreadsheet opens click on the Full dataset Tab

Go to rows Row 1368 -1380, column Y

These detail the tonnes of CO2 per capita from 2005-2017 for Lincolnshire.

The rows above detail the emissions for each of the districts

There is a 2 year lag on the information so 2017 is the most up to date.

Reference number
FOI1127
Date request received
22 January 2020
Date of decision
05 February 2020