Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 10135

Carbon Emissions: Cost Benefit Analysis

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis of the Government's net zero target.

Answer

Kerry McCarthy
The UK was the first country to set legally binding carbon budgets and the first major economy to establish a net zero target in law. An Impact Assessment of the level of the Sixth Carbon Budget was published at the time, including a cost-benefit analysis...
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