Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 101480
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Carbon Emissions
Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the net zero targets for the Department and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Answer
Ian MurrayThe Net Zero target in the Climate Change Act 2008, is a target for the whole of the UK, not individual departments or arms-length bodies.Greening Government Commitments are the central framework setting out the actions UK government departments and their...
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