Written Question·Treasury·UIN 100953
Treasury: Carbon Emissions
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net zero targets are for (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s-length bodies; and whether guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Answer
Lucy RigbyThe 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...
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