Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 101478

Ministry of Justice: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the net zero targets for the Ministry of Justice and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued to prisons, courts and other agencies on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.

Answer

Jake Richards
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 their ...
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