Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101479

Department for Work and Pensions: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 19 January 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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

Andrew Western
The 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 thei...
ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 101479) →