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Public Sector: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 903126, tabled on 17 January 2023

Question

Dame Meg Hillier
Labour
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of guidance for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions in the public sector.

Answer

George Freeman
Conservative
Mid Norfolk
Commons

Answered on

17 January 2023

There is detailed guidance available on public sector emissions measurement and reporting, as set out during the recent Public Accounts Committee hearing on this subject. Overall, the public sector has reduced its emissions by 44% between 1990 and 2020.

The Government will provide a full response to the Public Accounts Committee report shortly.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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