Measurement template: notes
Updated 15 July 2015
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Instructions
This note describes each of the fields of the measurement annex for input and impact indicators.
Please read this, and then fill in the accompanying Excel workbook to provide details on each of the indicators in your Business Plan.
Information
| Field | New car carbon dioxide emissions |
|---|---|
| Technical definition | Average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of newly registered cars in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Database. |
| Rationale | EU Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 sets fleet average performance standards for new passenger cars sold in Europe, as part of an integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from road transport. The Regulation requires Member States to record and submit to the European Commission information for each new passenger car registered in its territory. |
| Formula | All newly registered cars in the DVLA database should have a CO2 emission figure, based on a standard test. The indicator is the average (mean) of this figure for all cars newly registered in the relevant period. |
| Start date | Data are available from 2001, but the CO2 figures are only considered complete and reliable from April 2002, therefore earlier data should be treated with caution. |
| Performance (optional) | The measure should decrease as vehicles with lower emissions progressively enter the market. |
| Behavioural impact | Collecting the data is unlikely in itself to have any behavioural impact. The indicator does not create perverse incentives. |
| Comparability | Comparable data are collected across EU Member States under EU Regulation (EC) No 443/2009. |
| Collection frequency | Underlying data are collected and published at a high level on a monthly basis. The specific figures for the indicator are published quarterly. |
| Time lag | 4 months. |
| Data source | DVLA and DVA Vehicle Databases. See the official statistics derived from these databases. See the advance publication schedule. |
| Type of data | National Statistics. |
| Robustness and data limitations | The data come from the DVLA Vehicle Registration Database so although there are some inaccuracies, these are only for a very small proportion of the vehicles, and checks are carried out to ensure that there is no material effect on the average CO2 figures. |
| Collecting organisation | DVLA and DVA collect the underlying data. The Department for Transport aggregates the data and produces the output statistics. |
| Return format | Grams of carbon dioxide emitted per kilometre (as measured by Regulation (EC) No 715/2007). |
| Geographical coverage | Great Britain. |
| How indicator can be broken down | Country, region and local authority. |
| Further guidance | These figures are a subset of the monthly, quarterly and annual vehicle licensing statistics releases. |