Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 74625

Carbon Capture and Storage

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the level of carbon removal on the UK's ability to meet it's net zero targets by (a) 2030 and (b) 2050.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government will deliver an updated plan that sets out the policy package out to the end of Carbon Budget 6 in 2037 for all sectors of the economy, including Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs), by October 2025. The Government will also set Carbon Budget 7 ...
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