Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 51108
Carbon Budgets
Tabled: 9 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025
Question
Fabian Hamilton
Labour — Leeds North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to include costed policies to meet the (a) fourth, (b) fifth and (c) sixth carbon budget as part of the forthcoming climate action plan.
Answer
Kerry McCarthyUnder the Climate Change Act 2008, this plan must set out this government’s package of policies and proposals needed to deliver carbon budgets 4-6. By October 2025 we will deliver an updated plan out to the end of carbon budget 6 in 2037.