Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 18724

Carbon Capture and Storage

Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 12 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to conduct an audit of the effectiveness of carbon sequestration by all land use categories.

Answer

Kerry McCarthy
The Government publishes estimates of the sequestration of carbon in the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector for a range of sector categories as part of its annual UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions statistics.