Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 109242

Ferries: UK Emissions Trading Scheme

Tabled: 28 January 2026

Answered: 4 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what policy reason route-level impact assessments were not published for ferry-dependent communities ahead of laying secondary legislation for the domestic maritime UK ETS.

Answer

Keir Mather

It is neither proportionate nor expected to conduct individual route-level impact assessments for all routes in scope of the ETS. An Impact Assessment was published alongside the main Authority Response to the "UK Emissions Trading Scheme Scope Expan...

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