To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on Net Zero on 20 September 2023, what assessment her Department made prior to 20 September of the potential impact of those policy announcements on the delivery of the (a) fifth and (b) sixth carbon budget; and if she will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
Answered on
23 October 2023
The Carbon Budget Delivery Plan, published in March and laid in the Library, contains the information on the policies enquired about and their contribution to carbon budgets 4, 5 and 6. The vast majority of the near-200 quantified policies set out in that plan continue unamended and remain in place following the Prime Minister’s announcements.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State keeps under review the UK's progress towards net zero. The Government has exceeded every carbon budget so far and is confident in its ability to meet its targets and net zero by 2050.