Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 44973

Trusts: Climate Change

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using proposed biennial governance reviews of administering authorities to ensure that trustees regularly review science-

Answer

Jim McMahon
Administering authorities are already required to consider factors that are financially material to the performance of their investments, including environmental considerations such as climate risks.The government has consulted on proposals to ensure that...

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